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Recognised as Colour

#00A5BA

  • #00A5BA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#00A5BA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 165, 186 and HSL 187°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#00A5BA#00A5BA
HEX#00A5BA
RGBrgb(0, 165, 186)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6471, 0.7294
RGB percentages0%, 64.7%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(186.8, 100%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.8, 100%, 72.9%)
CMYK100%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,426
CSS custom property--colour: #00A5BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30455WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.09:1
Contrast with white2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#FF5A45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#949FBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8FBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 15.7Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Light seagreen · ΔE 17.8Teal · ΔE 18.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4Sky blue · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 15.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA1500
Analogous#00BA72, #0048BA
Triadic#BA00A5, #A5BA00
Split complementary#BA0048, #BA7200
Tetradic#7200BA, #BA1500, #48BA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#87F1FF
Lighter +30%#54ECFF
Lighter +20%#21E6FF
Lighter +10%#00D2ED
Darker −10%#007887
Darker −20%#004B54
Darker −30%#001D21
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A5BA
Less saturated −25%#1793A3

Channel breakdown

R0
G165
B186
Red0 (0%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue186.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A5 · B BA

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