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Colour

#00A6A8

  • #00A6A8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A6A8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 166, 168 and HSL 181°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A6A8#00A6A8
HEX#00A6A8
RGBrgb(0, 166, 168)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.651, 0.6588
RGB percentages0%, 65.1%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(180.7, 100%, 32.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 100%, 65.9%)
CMYK100%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer42,664
CSS custom property--colour: #00A6A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.02:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#FF5957

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9DA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#868FA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.2Dark cyan · ΔE 10.5Teal · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A80200
Analogous#00A856, #0052A8
Triadic#A800A6, #A6A800
Split complementary#A80052, #A85600
Tetradic#5600A8, #A80200, #52A800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75FDFF
Lighter +30%#42FDFF
Lighter +20%#0FFCFF
Lighter +10%#00D8DB
Darker −10%#007475
Darker −20%#004142
Darker −30%#000F0F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A6A8
Less saturated −25%#159193

Channel breakdown

R0
G166
B168
Red0 (0%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue180.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness32.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A6 · B A8

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