Recognised as Colour

#00ACAA

#00ACAA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ACAA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 170 and HSL 179°, 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

#00ACAA#00ACAA

HEX#00ACAA

RGBrgb(0, 172, 170)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.6667

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(179.3, 100%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 100%, 67.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,202

CSS custom property--colour: #00ACAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32407WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.48:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#FF5355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A3AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C94ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ABno 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 text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 12.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 17 Teal · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC0002

Analogous#00AC54, #0058AC

Triadic#AA00AC, #ACAA00

Split complementary#AC0058, #AC5400

Tetradic#5400AC, #AC0002, #58AC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#79FFFD

Lighter +30%#46FFFD

Lighter +20%#13FFFC

Lighter +10%#00DFDC

Darker −10%#007978

Darker −20%#004645

Darker −30%#001313

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00ACAA

Less saturated −25%#169795

Channel breakdown

G172

B170

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue179.3°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B AA

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