Colour

#00B2A6

#00B2A6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B2A6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 178, 166 and HSL 176°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00B2A6#00B2A6

HEX#00B2A6

RGBrgb(0, 178, 166)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.698, 0.651

RGB percentages0%, 69.8%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(176, 100%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176, 100%, 69.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 6.7%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer45,734

CSS custom property--colour: #00B2A6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#FF4D59

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8A7A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#9499A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00B7AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Turquoise · ΔE 16.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.28, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B2000C

Analogous#00B24D, #0065B2

Triadic#A600B2, #B2A600

Split complementary#B20065, #B24D00

Tetradic#4D00B2, #B2000C, #65B200

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7FFFF6

Lighter +30%#4CFFF3

Lighter +20%#19FFEF

Lighter +10%#00E5D6

Darker −10%#007F76

Darker −20%#004C47

Darker −30%#001917

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B2A6

Less saturated −25%#169C93

Channel breakdown

G178

B166

Red0 (0%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue175.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G B2 · B A6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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