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Colour

#00A996

  • #00A996
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A996 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 169, 150 and HSL 173°, 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

#00A996#00A996
HEX#00A996
RGBrgb(0, 169, 150)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6627, 0.5882
RGB percentages0%, 66.3%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(173.3, 100%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 100%, 66.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,414
CSS custom property--colour: #00A996;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139 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#FF5669

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A19E95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E9198no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 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 7.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5Turquoise · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A90013
Analogous#00A942, #0067A9
Triadic#9600A9, #A99600
Split complementary#A90068, #A94100
Tetradic#4100A9, #A90013, #68A900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#76FFF0
Lighter +30%#43FFEA
Lighter +20%#10FFE4
Lighter +10%#00DCC3
Darker −10%#007669
Darker −20%#00433B
Darker −30%#00100E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A996
Less saturated −25%#159486

Channel breakdown

R0
G169
B150
Red0 (0%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue173.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A9 · B 96

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