Recognised as Colour

#00B0BF

#00B0BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B0BF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 176, 191 and HSL 185°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00B0BF#00B0BF

HEX#00B0BF

RGBrgb(0, 176, 191)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6902, 0.749

RGB percentages0%, 69%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(184.7, 100%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 100%, 74.9%)

CMYK100%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer45,247

CSS custom property--colour: #00B0BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1

Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#FF4F40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A8C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A99BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00B8B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.8 Teal · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 13.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF0F00

Analogous#00BF6E, #0051BF

Triadic#BF00B0, #B0BF00

Split complementary#BF0051, #BF6F00

Tetradic#6E00BF, #BF0F00, #50BF00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8CF6FF

Lighter +30%#59F2FF

Lighter +20%#26EEFF

Lighter +10%#00DFF2

Darker −10%#00818C

Darker −20%#005259

Darker −30%#002326

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B0BF

Less saturated −25%#189CA7

Channel breakdown

G176

B191

Red0 (0%)

Green176 (69%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue184.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G B0 · B BF

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