Colour

#00A68D

#00A68D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A68D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 141 and HSL 171°, 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

#00A68D#00A68D

HEX#00A68D

RGBrgb(0, 166, 141)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.5529

RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(171, 100%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171, 100%, 65.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 15.1%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer42,637

CSS custom property--colour: #00A68D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness135.8 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#FF5972

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9B8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8E8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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 11.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.7 Sea green · ΔE 19.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20 Turquoise · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A60019

Analogous#00A63A, #006CA6

Triadic#8D00A6, #A68D00

Split complementary#A6006C, #A63A00

Tetradic#3A00A6, #A60019, #6CA600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#73FFEA

Lighter +30%#40FFE2

Lighter +20%#0DFFDB

Lighter +10%#00D9B8

Darker −10%#007362

Darker −20%#004036

Darker −30%#000D0B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A68D

Less saturated −25%#15917E

Channel breakdown

G166

B141

Red0 (0%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue170.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B 8D

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