Recognised as Colour

#00A685

#00A685
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A685 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 133 and HSL 168°, 100%, 33%. 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

#00A685#00A685

HEX#00A685

RGBrgb(0, 166, 133)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.5216

RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(168.1, 100%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.1, 100%, 65.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 19.9%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer42,629

CSS custom property--colour: #00A685;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.79:1

Contrast with white3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#FF597A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A09A83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F8D87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00A89Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 15.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Sea green · ΔE 16.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 22.7 Turquoise · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 15.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A60021

Analogous#00A632, #0074A6

Triadic#8500A6, #A68500

Split complementary#A60074, #A63200

Tetradic#3200A6, #A60021, #74A600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#73FFE3

Lighter +30%#40FFD9

Lighter +20%#0DFFCF

Lighter +10%#00D9AE

Darker −10%#00735C

Darker −20%#004033

Darker −30%#000D0A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A685

Less saturated −25%#159179

Channel breakdown

G166

B133

Red0 (0%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue168.07°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B 85

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