Recognised as Colour

#00A27E

#00A27E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#00A27E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 162, 126 and HSL 167°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#00A27E#00A27E

HEX#00A27E

RGBrgb(0, 162, 126)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6353, 0.4941

RGB percentages0%, 63.5%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(166.7, 100%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 100%, 63.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 22.2%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer41,598

CSS custom property--colour: #00A27E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.47:1

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

Contrast with black6.47:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#FF5D81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D967Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C8A80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00A398no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 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 text6.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 17 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 17.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 23.7 Turquoise · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A20024

Analogous#00A22D, #0075A2

Triadic#7E00A2, #A27E00

Split complementary#A20075, #A22D00

Tetradic#2D00A2, #A20024, #75A200

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6FFFDF

Lighter +30%#3CFFD4

Lighter +20%#09FFC8

Lighter +10%#00D5A6

Darker −10%#006F56

Darker −20%#003C2F

Darker −30%#000907

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A27E

Less saturated −25%#148E73

Channel breakdown

G162

B126

Red0 (0%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue166.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A2 · B 7E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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