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Recognised as Colour

#00AB9D

  • #00AB9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AB9D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 171, 157 and HSL 175°, 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

#00AB9D#00AB9D
HEX#00AB9D
RGBrgb(0, 171, 157)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6706, 0.6157
RGB percentages0%, 67.1%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(175.1, 100%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.1, 100%, 67.1%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 8.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer43,933
CSS custom property--colour: #00AB9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1
Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FF5462

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A09Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F939Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 15Dark cyan · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.3Turquoise · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB000E
Analogous#00AB48, #0063AB
Triadic#9D00AB, #AB9D00
Split complementary#AB0063, #AB4800
Tetradic#4800AB, #AB000E, #63AB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#78FFF4
Lighter +30%#45FFF0
Lighter +20%#12FFEC
Lighter +10%#00DECC
Darker −10%#00786E
Darker −20%#00453F
Darker −30%#001211
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AB9D
Less saturated −25%#15968B

Channel breakdown

R0
G171
B157
Red0 (0%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue175.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G AB · B 9D

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