Colour

#00ADA7

#00ADA7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00ADA7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 173, 167 and HSL 178°, 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

#00ADA7#00ADA7

HEX#00ADA7

RGBrgb(0, 173, 167)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6784, 0.6549

RGB percentages0%, 67.8%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(177.9, 100%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 100%, 67.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,455

CSS custom property--colour: #00ADA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1

Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#FF5258

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A3A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E95A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.8 Teal · ΔE 18 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.23, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AD0006

Analogous#00AD51, #005CAD

Triadic#A700AD, #ADA700

Split complementary#AD005C, #AD5000

Tetradic#5100AD, #AD0006, #5DAD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7AFFFA

Lighter +30%#47FFF9

Lighter +20%#14FFF7

Lighter +10%#00E0D8

Darker −10%#007A76

Darker −20%#004745

Darker −30%#001413

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00ADA7

Less saturated −25%#169793

Channel breakdown

G173

B167

Red0 (0%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue177.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AD · B A7

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