Recognised as Colour

#00A094

#00A094
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A094 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 160, 148 and HSL 176°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A094#00A094

HEX#00A094

RGBrgb(0, 160, 148)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6275, 0.5804

RGB percentages0%, 62.7%, 58%

HSLhsl(175.5, 100%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 100%, 62.7%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 7.5%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer41,108

CSS custom property--colour: #00A094;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.46:1

Contrast with white3.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#FF5F6B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#979694no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#858995no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00A49Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 11.2 Teal · ΔE 14.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A0000C

Analogous#00A044, #005CA0

Triadic#9400A0, #A09400

Split complementary#A0005C, #A04400

Tetradic#4400A0, #A0000C, #5CA000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6DFFF4

Lighter +30%#3AFFF0

Lighter +20%#07FFEC

Lighter +10%#00D3C3

Darker −10%#006D65

Darker −20%#003A36

Darker −30%#000706

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A094

Less saturated −25%#148C83

Channel breakdown

G160

B148

Red0 (0%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue148 (58%)

Hue175.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A0 · B 94

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