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Recognised as Colour

#00A598

  • #00A598
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A598 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 152 and HSL 175°, 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

#00A598#00A598
HEX#00A598
RGBrgb(0, 165, 152)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.5961
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(175.3, 100%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 100%, 64.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,392
CSS custom property--colour: #00A598;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#FF5A67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C9B98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8D99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.7Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 16.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5000D
Analogous#00A545, #0060A5
Triadic#9800A5, #A59800
Split complementary#A50060, #A54500
Tetradic#4500A5, #A5000D, #60A500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72FFF4
Lighter +30%#3FFFF0
Lighter +20%#0CFFEC
Lighter +10%#00D8C7
Darker −10%#007269
Darker −20%#003F3A
Darker −30%#000C0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A598
Less saturated −25%#159087

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B152
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue175.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B 98

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