Colour

#00B2BF

#00B2BF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B2BF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 178, 191 and HSL 184°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00B2BF#00B2BF

HEX#00B2BF

RGBrgb(0, 178, 191)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.698, 0.749

RGB percentages0%, 69.8%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(184.1, 100%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 100%, 74.9%)

CMYK100%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer45,759

CSS custom property--colour: #00B2BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.12:1

Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#FF4D40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2AAC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D9ABFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00BAB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1 Teal · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BF0D00

Analogous#00BF6C, #0053BF

Triadic#BF00B2, #B2BF00

Split complementary#BF0053, #BF6C00

Tetradic#6C00BF, #BF0D00, #53BF00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8CF7FF

Lighter +30%#59F4FF

Lighter +20%#26F0FF

Lighter +10%#00E2F2

Darker −10%#00828C

Darker −20%#005359

Darker −30%#002326

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B2BF

Less saturated −25%#189DA7

Channel breakdown

G178

B191

Red0 (0%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue184.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G B2 · B BF

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