Colour

#00ACA6

#00ACA6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ACA6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 166 and HSL 178°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00ACA6#00ACA6

HEX#00ACA6

RGBrgb(0, 172, 166)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.651

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(177.9, 100%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 100%, 67.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,198

CSS custom property--colour: #00ACA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#FF5359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1A2A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D94A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00B1AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Teal · ΔE 17.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.5, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC0006

Analogous#00AC50, #005CAC

Triadic#A600AC, #ACA600

Split complementary#AC005C, #AC5000

Tetradic#5000AC, #AC0006, #5CAC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#79FFFA

Lighter +30%#46FFF9

Lighter +20%#13FFF7

Lighter +10%#00DFD7

Darker −10%#007975

Darker −20%#004644

Darker −30%#001312

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00ACA6

Less saturated −25%#169792

Channel breakdown

G172

B166

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue177.91°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B A6

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