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Recognised as Colour

#00ACBF

  • #00ACBF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ACBF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 172, 191 and HSL 186°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00ACBF#00ACBF
HEX#00ACBF
RGBrgb(0, 172, 191)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6745, 0.749
RGB percentages0%, 67.5%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(186, 100%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 100%, 74.9%)
CMYK100%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,223
CSS custom property--colour: #00ACBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.65:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FF5340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BA5C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8595BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Dark cyan · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 16.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8Teal · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 15.92, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF1300
Analogous#00BF72, #004DBF
Triadic#BF00AC, #ACBF00
Split complementary#BF004D, #BF7200
Tetradic#7200BF, #BF1300, #4DBF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CF4FF
Lighter +30%#59EEFF
Lighter +20%#26E9FF
Lighter +10%#00DAF2
Darker −10%#007E8C
Darker −20%#005059
Darker −30%#002226
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00ACBF
Less saturated −25%#1899A7

Channel breakdown

R0
G172
B191
Red0 (0%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue185.97°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AC · B BF

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