Colour

#00A690

#00A690
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A690 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 144 and HSL 172°, 100%, 33%. 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

#00A690#00A690

HEX#00A690

RGBrgb(0, 166, 144)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.5647

RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 56.5%

HSLhsl(172, 100%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172, 100%, 65.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13.3%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer42,640

CSS custom property--colour: #00A690;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness136.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.86:1

Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#818181

Inverted#FF596F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9E9B8Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D8E92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#00A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9 Teal · ΔE 20.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A60016

Analogous#00A63D, #0069A6

Triadic#9000A6, #A69000

Split complementary#A60069, #A63D00

Tetradic#3D00A6, #A60016, #69A600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#73FFEC

Lighter +30%#40FFE6

Lighter +20%#0DFFDF

Lighter +10%#00D9BC

Darker −10%#007364

Darker −20%#004038

Darker −30%#000D0B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A690

Less saturated −25%#159181

Channel breakdown

G166

B144

Red0 (0%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue144 (56.5%)

Hue172.05°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B 90

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