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Recognised as Colour

#00A49C

  • #00A49C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A49C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 164, 156 and HSL 177°, 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

#00A49C#00A49C
HEX#00A49C
RGBrgb(0, 164, 156)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6431, 0.6118
RGB percentages0%, 64.3%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(177.1, 100%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 100%, 64.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 4.9%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,140
CSS custom property--colour: #00A49C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28951WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#FF5B63

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9A9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#878D9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.1Dark cyan · ΔE 11.1Teal · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A40008
Analogous#00A44A, #005AA4
Triadic#9C00A4, #A49C00
Split complementary#A4005A, #A44A00
Tetradic#4A00A4, #A40008, #5AA400

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#71FFF8
Lighter +30%#3EFFF6
Lighter +20%#0BFFF3
Lighter +10%#00D7CD
Darker −10%#00716B
Darker −20%#003E3B
Darker −30%#000B0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A49C
Less saturated −25%#149089

Channel breakdown

R0
G164
B156
Red0 (0%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue177.07°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A4 · B 9C

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