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Colour

#00AD8E

  • #00AD8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AD8E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 173, 142 and HSL 169°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00AD8E#00AD8E
HEX#00AD8E
RGBrgb(0, 173, 142)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6784, 0.5569
RGB percentages0%, 67.8%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(169.2, 100%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 100%, 67.8%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 17.9%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,430
CSS custom property--colour: #00AD8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FF5271

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A18Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#949390no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.3Sea green · ΔE 19.4Turquoise · ΔE 20.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 14.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD001F
Analogous#00AD38, #0075AD
Triadic#8E00AD, #AD8E00
Split complementary#AD0076, #AD3800
Tetradic#3700AD, #AD001F, #75AD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7AFFE7
Lighter +30%#47FFDE
Lighter +20%#14FFD5
Lighter +10%#00E0B8
Darker −10%#007A64
Darker −20%#00473A
Darker −30%#001410
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AD8E
Less saturated −25%#169780

Channel breakdown

R0
G173
B142
Red0 (0%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue169.25°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G AD · B 8E

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