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Colour

#00A5A3

  • #00A5A3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A5A3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 163 and HSL 179°, 100%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A5A3#00A5A3
HEX#00A5A3
RGBrgb(0, 165, 163)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.6392
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(179.3, 100%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 100%, 64.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,403
CSS custom property--colour: #00A5A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.91:1
Contrast with white3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FF5A5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9CA3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#868EA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00AAA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.8Dark cyan · ΔE 10.2Teal · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A50002
Analogous#00A550, #0055A5
Triadic#A300A5, #A5A300
Split complementary#A50055, #A55000
Tetradic#5000A5, #A50002, #55A500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72FFFD
Lighter +30%#3FFFFD
Lighter +20%#0CFFFC
Lighter +10%#00D8D5
Darker −10%#007271
Darker −20%#003F3E
Darker −30%#000C0C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A5A3
Less saturated −25%#15908F

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B163
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue179.27°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B A3

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