Colour

#00A6A0

#00A6A0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A6A0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 160 and HSL 178°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A6A0#00A6A0

HEX#00A6A0

RGBrgb(0, 166, 160)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.6275

RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(177.8, 100%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 100%, 65.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer42,656

CSS custom property--colour: #00A6A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#828282

Inverted#FF595F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B9CA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#888FA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00ABA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 11.3 Teal · ΔE 15.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.45, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A60006

Analogous#00A64D, #0059A6

Triadic#A000A6, #A6A000

Split complementary#A60059, #A64D00

Tetradic#4D00A6, #A60006, #59A600

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#73FFFA

Lighter +30%#40FFF8

Lighter +20%#0DFFF6

Lighter +10%#00D9D1

Darker −10%#00736F

Darker −20%#00403E

Darker −30%#000D0D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A6A0

Less saturated −25%#15918D

Channel breakdown

G166

B160

Red0 (0%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue177.83°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.55%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B A0

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