Recognised as Colour

#00B2AC

#00B2AC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B2AC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 178, 172 and HSL 178°, 100%, 35%. 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

#00B2AC#00B2AC

HEX#00B2AC

RGBrgb(0, 178, 172)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.698, 0.6745

RGB percentages0%, 69.8%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(178, 100%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178, 100%, 69.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer45,740

CSS custom property--colour: #00B2AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness148.2 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#FF4D53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7A8ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9299ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00B7B0no 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 text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 1.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.6 Turquoise · ΔE 17 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.75, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B20006

Analogous#00B253, #005FB2

Triadic#AC00B2, #B2AC00

Split complementary#B2005F, #B25300

Tetradic#5300B2, #B20006, #5FB200

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7FFFFB

Lighter +30%#4CFFF9

Lighter +20%#19FFF7

Lighter +10%#00E5DD

Darker −10%#007F7B

Darker −20%#004C49

Darker −30%#001918

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B2AC

Less saturated −25%#169C97

Channel breakdown

G178

B172

Red0 (0%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue177.98°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G B2 · B AC

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Colour harmonies

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