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Recognised as Colour

#00A278

  • #00A278
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#00A278 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 162, 120 and HSL 164°, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#00A278#00A278
HEX#00A278
RGBrgb(0, 162, 120)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6353, 0.4706
RGB percentages0%, 63.5%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(164.4, 100%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.4, 100%, 63.5%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 25.9%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,592
CSS custom property--colour: #00A278;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#FF5D87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9576no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D897Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A396no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6Light seagreen · ΔE 21.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.5Dark cyan · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A2002A
Analogous#00A227, #007BA2
Triadic#7800A2, #A27800
Split complementary#A2007B, #A22700
Tetradic#2700A2, #A2002A, #7BA200

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6FFFDA
Lighter +30%#3CFFCC
Lighter +20%#09FFBF
Lighter +10%#00D59E
Darker −10%#006F52
Darker −20%#003C2C
Darker −30%#000907
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A278
Less saturated −25%#148E6E

Channel breakdown

R0
G162
B120
Red0 (0%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue164.44°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A2 · B 78

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