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Recognised as Colour

#00A272

  • #00A272
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00A272 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 162, 114 and HSL 162°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00A272#00A272
HEX#00A272
RGBrgb(0, 162, 114)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6353, 0.4471
RGB percentages0%, 63.5%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(162.2, 100%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 100%, 63.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 29.6%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,586
CSS custom property--colour: #00A272;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.41:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#FF5D8D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F956Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8975no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A295no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.1Sea green · ΔE 11.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2Light seagreen · ΔE 24.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.3Turquoise · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A20030
Analogous#00A221, #0081A2
Triadic#7200A2, #A27200
Split complementary#A20081, #A22100
Tetradic#2100A2, #A20030, #81A200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6FFFD4
Lighter +30%#3CFFC5
Lighter +20%#09FFB6
Lighter +10%#00D596
Darker −10%#006F4E
Darker −20%#003C2A
Darker −30%#000906
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A272
Less saturated −25%#148E6A

Channel breakdown

R0
G162
B114
Red0 (0%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue162.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A2 · B 72

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