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Colour

#00A9A6

  • #00A9A6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A9A6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 169, 166 and HSL 179°, 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

#00A9A6#00A9A6
HEX#00A9A6
RGBrgb(0, 169, 166)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6627, 0.651
RGB percentages0%, 66.3%, 65.1%
HSLhsl(178.9, 100%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 100%, 66.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,430
CSS custom property--colour: #00A9A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.23:1
Contrast with white2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#FF5659

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DA0A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A91A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 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 text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.2Dark cyan · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.3Teal · ΔE 16.2Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.24, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A90003
Analogous#00A952, #0057A9
Triadic#A600A9, #A9A600
Split complementary#A90057, #A95200
Tetradic#5200A9, #A90003, #57A900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#76FFFD
Lighter +30%#43FFFC
Lighter +20%#10FFFB
Lighter +10%#00DCD8
Darker −10%#007674
Darker −20%#004342
Darker −30%#001010
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A9A6
Less saturated −25%#159492

Channel breakdown

R0
G169
B166
Red0 (0%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue166 (65.1%)
Hue178.93°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G A9 · B A6

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