Recognised as Colour

#00ACAB

#00ACAB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ACAB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 171 and HSL 180°, 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

#00ACAB#00ACAB

HEX#00ACAB

RGBrgb(0, 172, 171)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.6706

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(179.7, 100%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.7, 100%, 67.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,203

CSS custom property--colour: #00ACAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32445WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.49:1

Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#FF5354

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C94ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 12.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8 Teal · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.45, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC0001

Analogous#00AC55, #0057AC

Triadic#AB00AC, #ACAB00

Split complementary#AC0057, #AC5500

Tetradic#5500AC, #AC0001, #57AC00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#79FFFE

Lighter +30%#46FFFE

Lighter +20%#13FFFE

Lighter +10%#00DFDE

Darker −10%#007978

Darker −20%#004646

Darker −30%#001313

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00ACAB

Less saturated −25%#169796

Channel breakdown

G172

B171

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue179.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B AB

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