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Recognised as Colour

#00A159

  • #00A159
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00A159 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 161, 89 and HSL 153°, 100%, 32%. 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

#00A159#00A159
HEX#00A159
RGBrgb(0, 161, 89)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6314, 0.349
RGB percentages0%, 63.1%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(153.2, 100%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.2, 100%, 63.1%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 44.7%, 36.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,305
CSS custom property--colour: #00A159;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.24:1
Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#FF5EA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19354no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#91885Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009F8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.9Sea green · ΔE 16.3Forest green · ΔE 19.2Green · ΔE 25.3Dark green · ΔE 27.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A10048
Analogous#00A109, #0098A1
Triadic#5900A1, #A15900
Split complementary#A10098, #A10900
Tetradic#0900A1, #A10048, #98A100

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6EFFBE
Lighter +30%#3BFFA7
Lighter +20%#08FF91
Lighter +10%#00D475
Darker −10%#006E3D
Darker −20%#003B21
Darker −30%#000804
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A159
Less saturated −25%#148D57

Channel breakdown

R0
G161
B89
Red0 (0%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue153.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A1 · B 59

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