Colour

#00A9A0

#00A9A0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A9A0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 169, 160 and HSL 177°, 100%, 33%. 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

#00A9A0#00A9A0

HEX#00A9A0

RGBrgb(0, 169, 160)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6627, 0.6275

RGB percentages0%, 66.3%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(176.8, 100%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 100%, 66.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 5.3%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer43,424

CSS custom property--colour: #00A9A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30914WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness140.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1

Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#848484

Inverted#FF565F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9F9FA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C91A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00AEA6no 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 text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Teal · ΔE 17.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.45, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A90009

Analogous#00A94C, #005DA9

Triadic#A000A9, #A9A000

Split complementary#A9005D, #A94C00

Tetradic#4C00A9, #A90009, #5DA900

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#76FFF8

Lighter +30%#43FFF5

Lighter +20%#10FFF2

Lighter +10%#00DCD0

Darker −10%#007670

Darker −20%#00433F

Darker −30%#00100F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00A9A0

Less saturated −25%#15948D

Channel breakdown

G169

B160

Red0 (0%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue176.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G A9 · B A0

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