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Recognised as Colour

#00A3AA

  • #00A3AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#00A3AA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 163, 170 and HSL 182°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#00A3AA#00A3AA
HEX#00A3AA
RGBrgb(0, 163, 170)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6392, 0.6667
RGB percentages0%, 63.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(182.5, 100%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.5, 100%, 66.7%)
CMYK100%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer41,898
CSS custom property--colour: #00A3AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.82:1
Contrast with white3.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#FF5C55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969BABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#828DABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AAA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.08:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 10Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14Teal · ΔE 14.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA0700
Analogous#00AA5C, #004EAA
Triadic#AA00A3, #A3AA00
Split complementary#AA004E, #AA5C00
Tetradic#5C00AA, #AA0700, #4EAA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#77F9FF
Lighter +30%#44F7FF
Lighter +20%#11F5FF
Lighter +10%#00D4DD
Darker −10%#007277
Darker −20%#004144
Darker −30%#001011
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A3AA
Less saturated −25%#158F95

Channel breakdown

R0
G163
B170
Red0 (0%)
Green163 (63.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue182.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A3 · B AA

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