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Colour

#00A5AA

  • #00A5AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A5AA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 170 and HSL 182°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A5AA#00A5AA
HEX#00A5AA
RGBrgb(0, 165, 170)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.6667
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(181.8, 100%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 100%, 66.7%)
CMYK100%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,410
CSS custom property--colour: #00A5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1
Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FF5A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989DABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#848EABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9Dark cyan · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.5Teal · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.89, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA0500
Analogous#00AA5A, #0050AA
Triadic#AA00A5, #A5AA00
Split complementary#AA0050, #AA5A00
Tetradic#5A00AA, #AA0500, #50AA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#77FBFF
Lighter +30%#44FAFF
Lighter +20%#11F8FF
Lighter +10%#00D7DD
Darker −10%#007377
Darker −20%#004244
Darker −30%#001011
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A5AA
Less saturated −25%#159195

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B170
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue181.76°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B AA

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