Colour

#00A69A

#00A69A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A69A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 154 and HSL 176°, 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

#00A69A#00A69A

HEX#00A69A

RGBrgb(0, 166, 154)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.6039

RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(175.7, 100%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 100%, 65.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 7.2%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer42,650

CSS custom property--colour: #00A69A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1

Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#FF5965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9C9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A8E9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00AAA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 13 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Teal · ΔE 16.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6000C

Analogous#00A647, #005FA6

Triadic#9A00A6, #A69A00

Split complementary#A6005F, #A64700

Tetradic#4700A6, #A6000C, #5FA600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#73FFF5

Lighter +30%#40FFF1

Lighter +20%#0DFFEE

Lighter +10%#00D9C9

Darker −10%#00736B

Darker −20%#00403B

Darker −30%#000D0C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A69A

Less saturated −25%#159188

Channel breakdown

G166

B154

Red0 (0%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue175.66°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B 9A

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