Colour

#00AC9F

#00AC9F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AC9F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 159 and HSL 175°, 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

#00AC9F#00AC9F

HEX#00AC9F

RGBrgb(0, 172, 159)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.6235

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(175.5, 100%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 100%, 67.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 7.6%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,191

CSS custom property--colour: #00AC9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 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#868686

Inverted#FF5360

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A19Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F93A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00B0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 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 4.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Turquoise · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.12, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC000D

Analogous#00AC49, #0063AC

Triadic#9F00AC, #AC9F00

Split complementary#AC0063, #AC4900

Tetradic#4900AC, #AC000D, #63AC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#79FFF5

Lighter +30%#46FFF1

Lighter +20%#13FFED

Lighter +10%#00DFCE

Darker −10%#007970

Darker −20%#004641

Darker −30%#001312

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00AC9F

Less saturated −25%#16978D

Channel breakdown

G172

B159

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue175.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B 9F

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