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Recognised as Colour

#00A579

  • #00A579
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00A579 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 121 and HSL 164°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00A579#00A579
HEX#00A579
RGBrgb(0, 165, 121)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.4745
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(164, 100%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164, 100%, 64.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 26.7%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,361
CSS custom property--colour: #00A579;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.66:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#FF5A86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19877no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#908C7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A599no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.7Sea green · ΔE 13.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.4Light seagreen · ΔE 22.1Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.6Turquoise · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5002C
Analogous#00A527, #007EA5
Triadic#7900A5, #A57900
Split complementary#A5007E, #A52700
Tetradic#2700A5, #A5002C, #7EA500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72FFD9
Lighter +30%#3FFFCC
Lighter +20%#0CFFBE
Lighter +10%#00D89E
Darker −10%#007254
Darker −20%#003F2E
Darker −30%#000C09
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A579
Less saturated −25%#15906F

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B121
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue164°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B 79

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