Colour

#00B0AA

#00B0AA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B0AA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 176, 170 and HSL 178°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00B0AA#00B0AA

HEX#00B0AA

RGBrgb(0, 176, 170)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6902, 0.6667

RGB percentages0%, 69%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(178, 100%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178, 100%, 69%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.4%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer45,226

CSS custom property--colour: #00B0AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#FF4F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A5A6AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9197ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00B5AEno 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 text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 1.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.9 Turquoise · ΔE 17.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.72, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B00006

Analogous#00B052, #005EB0

Triadic#AA00B0, #B0AA00

Split complementary#B0005E, #B05200

Tetradic#5200B0, #B00006, #5EB000

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7DFFFB

Lighter +30%#4AFFF9

Lighter +20%#17FFF7

Lighter +10%#00E3DB

Darker −10%#007D79

Darker −20%#004A47

Darker −30%#001716

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B0AA

Less saturated −25%#169A96

Channel breakdown

G176

B170

Red0 (0%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue177.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G B0 · B AA

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