Recognised as Colour

#00ABA9

#00ABA9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ABA9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 171, 169 and HSL 179°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00ABA9#00ABA9

HEX#00ABA9

RGBrgb(0, 171, 169)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6706, 0.6627

RGB percentages0%, 67.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(179.3, 100%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 100%, 67.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer43,945

CSS custom property--colour: #00ABA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.4:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#FF5456

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FA2A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B93AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00B1AAno 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 text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 12.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Teal · ΔE 16.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.16, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AB0002

Analogous#00AB53, #0058AB

Triadic#A900AB, #ABA900

Split complementary#AB0058, #AB5300

Tetradic#5300AB, #AB0002, #58AB00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#78FFFD

Lighter +30%#45FFFD

Lighter +20%#12FFFC

Lighter +10%#00DEDB

Darker −10%#007877

Darker −20%#004544

Darker −30%#001212

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00ABA9

Less saturated −25%#159694

Channel breakdown

G171

B169

Red0 (0%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue179.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AB · B A9

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