Colour

#00A79D

#00A79D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A79D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 167, 157 and HSL 176°, 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

#00A79D#00A79D

HEX#00A79D

RGBrgb(0, 167, 157)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6549, 0.6157

RGB percentages0%, 65.5%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(176.4, 100%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 100%, 65.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 6%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer42,909

CSS custom property--colour: #00A79D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.01:1

Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#838383

Inverted#FF5862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9D9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A8F9Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00ABA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 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 text7.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 12.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Teal · ΔE 16.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.28, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A7000A

Analogous#00A74A, #005DA7

Triadic#9D00A7, #A79D00

Split complementary#A7005D, #A74A00

Tetradic#4A00A7, #A7000A, #5DA700

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#74FFF7

Lighter +30%#41FFF4

Lighter +20%#0EFFF1

Lighter +10%#00DACD

Darker −10%#00746D

Darker −20%#00413D

Darker −30%#000E0D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A79D

Less saturated −25%#15928B

Channel breakdown

G167

B157

Red0 (0%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue176.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A7 · B 9D

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Colour values

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