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Recognised as Colour

#00A8AF

  • #00A8AF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A8AF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 168, 175 and HSL 182°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A8AF#00A8AF
HEX#00A8AF
RGBrgb(0, 168, 175)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6588, 0.6863
RGB percentages0%, 65.9%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(182.4, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK100%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,183
CSS custom property--colour: #00A8AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.22:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#FF5750

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AA0B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8691B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Dark cyan · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Teal · ΔE 15.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF0700
Analogous#00AF5E, #0051AF
Triadic#AF00A8, #A8AF00
Split complementary#AF0051, #AF5E00
Tetradic#5F00AF, #AF0700, #51AF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CFAFF
Lighter +30%#49F8FF
Lighter +20%#16F6FF
Lighter +10%#00D9E2
Darker −10%#00777C
Darker −20%#004649
Darker −30%#001516
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A8AF
Less saturated −25%#169499

Channel breakdown

R0
G168
B175
Red0 (0%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue182.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A8 · B AF

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