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Colour

#00A499

  • #00A499
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A499 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 164, 153 and HSL 176°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A499#00A499
HEX#00A499
RGBrgb(0, 164, 153)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6431, 0.6
RGB percentages0%, 64.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(176, 100%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 100%, 64.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,137
CSS custom property--colour: #00A499;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.77:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#FF5B66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9A99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#888D9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#00A8A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.5Dark cyan · ΔE 12Teal · ΔE 15.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A4000B
Analogous#00A447, #005DA4
Triadic#9900A4, #A49900
Split complementary#A4005D, #A44700
Tetradic#4700A4, #A4000B, #5DA400

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#71FFF5
Lighter +30%#3EFFF2
Lighter +20%#0BFFEF
Lighter +10%#00D7C9
Darker −10%#007169
Darker −20%#003E3A
Darker −30%#000B0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A499
Less saturated −25%#149087

Channel breakdown

R0
G164
B153
Red0 (0%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue175.98°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A4 · B 99

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