Colour

#00AD99

#00AD99
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AD99 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 173, 153 and HSL 173°, 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

#00AD99#00AD99

HEX#00AD99

RGBrgb(0, 173, 153)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6784, 0.6

RGB percentages0%, 67.8%, 60%

HSLhsl(173.1, 100%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 100%, 67.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 11.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,441

CSS custom property--colour: #00AD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.44:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#878787

Inverted#FF5266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#92949Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2 Turquoise · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD0014

Analogous#00AD42, #006BAD

Triadic#9900AD, #AD9900

Split complementary#AD006B, #AD4200

Tetradic#4200AD, #AD0014, #6BAD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7AFFF0

Lighter +30%#47FFEA

Lighter +20%#14FFE4

Lighter +10%#00E0C6

Darker −10%#007A6C

Darker −20%#00473F

Darker −30%#001412

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00AD99

Less saturated −25%#169788

Channel breakdown

G173

B153

Red0 (0%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue173.06°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AD · B 99

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