Colour

#00A8A2

#00A8A2
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A8A2 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 168, 162 and HSL 178°, 100%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A8A2#00A8A2

HEX#00A8A2

RGBrgb(0, 168, 162)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6588, 0.6353

RGB percentages0%, 65.9%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(177.9, 100%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 100%, 65.9%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer43,170

CSS custom property--colour: #00A8A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.12:1

Contrast with white2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#FF575D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9D9EA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A90A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00ADA6no 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 text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 12 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Teal · ΔE 16.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.76, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A80006

Analogous#00A84E, #005AA8

Triadic#A200A8, #A8A200

Split complementary#A8005A, #A84E00

Tetradic#4E00A8, #A80006, #5AA800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#75FFFA

Lighter +30%#42FFF8

Lighter +20%#0FFFF6

Lighter +10%#00DBD3

Darker −10%#007571

Darker −20%#004240

Darker −30%#000F0E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A8A2

Less saturated −25%#15938F

Channel breakdown

G168

B162

Red0 (0%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue177.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A8 · B A2

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