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Recognised as Colour

#00A059

  • #00A059
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00A059 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 160, 89 and HSL 153°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00A059#00A059
HEX#00A059
RGBrgb(0, 160, 89)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6275, 0.349
RGB percentages0%, 62.7%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(153.4, 100%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.4, 100%, 62.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 44.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,049
CSS custom property--colour: #00A059;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.17:1
Contrast with white3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.17:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FF5FA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09254no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#90875Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009E8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.9Sea green · ΔE 15.7Forest green · ΔE 19.4Green · ΔE 25.5Dark green · ΔE 27.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A00047
Analogous#00A009, #0097A0
Triadic#5900A0, #A05900
Split complementary#A00097, #A00900
Tetradic#0900A0, #A00047, #97A000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DFFBE
Lighter +30%#3AFFA8
Lighter +20%#07FF91
Lighter +10%#00D375
Darker −10%#006D3D
Darker −20%#003A20
Darker −30%#000704
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A059
Less saturated −25%#148C57

Channel breakdown

R0
G160
B89
Red0 (0%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue153.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A0 · B 59

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