Colour

#00A855

#00A855
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00A855 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 168, 85 and HSL 150°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00A855#00A855

HEX#00A855

RGBrgb(0, 168, 85)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6588, 0.3333

RGB percentages0%, 65.9%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(150.4, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.4, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer43,093

CSS custom property--colour: #00A855;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28661WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness131.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.73:1

Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E

Inverted#FF57AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8994Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#998D5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00A594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.2 Forest green · ΔE 17 Sea green · ΔE 22.2 Green · ΔE 22.7 Light green · ΔE 28 Dark green · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A80053

Analogous#00A801, #00A7A8

Triadic#5500A8, #A85500

Split complementary#A800A7, #A80100

Tetradic#0100A8, #A80053, #A7A800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#75FFBB

Lighter +30%#42FFA2

Lighter +20%#0FFF88

Lighter +10%#00DB6F

Darker −10%#00753B

Darker −20%#004221

Darker −30%#000F08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A855

Less saturated −25%#159355

Channel breakdown

G168

B85

Red0 (0%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue150.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A8 · B 55

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