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Recognised as Colour

#00A261

  • #00A261
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00A261 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 162, 97 and HSL 156°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00A261#00A261
HEX#00A261
RGBrgb(0, 162, 97)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6353, 0.3804
RGB percentages0%, 63.5%, 38%
HSLhsl(155.9, 100%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.9, 100%, 63.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 40.1%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,569
CSS custom property--colour: #00A261;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#FF5D9E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1945Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#918965no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00A092no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 7.3Sea green · ΔE 14.2Forest green · ΔE 22.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.5Green · ΔE 28.8Dark green · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A20041
Analogous#00A210, #0092A2
Triadic#6100A2, #A26100
Split complementary#A20092, #A21000
Tetradic#1000A2, #A20041, #92A200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6FFFC5
Lighter +30%#3CFFB1
Lighter +20%#09FF9C
Lighter +10%#00D580
Darker −10%#006F42
Darker −20%#003C24
Darker −30%#000905
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A261
Less saturated −25%#148E5D

Channel breakdown

R0
G162
B97
Red0 (0%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue97 (38%)
Hue155.93°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A2 · B 61

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