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Recognised as Colour

#00A9AC

  • #00A9AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00A9AC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 169, 172 and HSL 181°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00A9AC#00A9AC
HEX#00A9AC
RGBrgb(0, 169, 172)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6627, 0.6745
RGB percentages0%, 66.3%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(181, 100%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 100%, 67.5%)
CMYK100%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,436
CSS custom property--colour: #00A9AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#FF5653

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CA0ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8892ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Dark cyan · ΔE 11.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5Teal · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC0300
Analogous#00AC59, #0053AC
Triadic#AC00A9, #A9AC00
Split complementary#AC0053, #AC5900
Tetradic#5900AC, #AC0300, #53AC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#79FDFF
Lighter +30%#46FCFF
Lighter +20%#13FBFF
Lighter +10%#00DBDF
Darker −10%#007779
Darker −20%#004546
Darker −30%#001313
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A9AC
Less saturated −25%#169497

Channel breakdown

R0
G169
B172
Red0 (0%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue181.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G A9 · B AC

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