Colour

#00ACB5

#00ACB5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ACB5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 181 and HSL 183°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00ACB5#00ACB5

HEX#00ACB5

RGBrgb(0, 172, 181)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.7098

RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 71%

HSLhsl(183, 100%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183, 100%, 71%)

CMYK100%, 5%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,213

CSS custom property--colour: #00ACB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.57:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#FF534A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EA4B6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8995B6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6 Teal · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B50900

Analogous#00B564, #0051B5

Triadic#B500AC, #ACB500

Split complementary#B50051, #B56400

Tetradic#6400B5, #B50900, #51B500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82F9FF

Lighter +30%#4FF6FF

Lighter +20%#1CF4FF

Lighter +10%#00DCE8

Darker −10%#007C82

Darker −20%#004B4F

Darker −30%#001B1C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00ACB5

Less saturated −25%#17989E

Channel breakdown

G172

B181

Red0 (0%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue182.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B B5

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