Recognised as Colour

#00B3A4

#00B3A4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B3A4 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 179, 164 and HSL 175°, 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

#00B3A4#00B3A4

HEX#00B3A4

RGBrgb(0, 179, 164)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.702, 0.6431

RGB percentages0%, 70.2%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(175, 100%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175, 100%, 70.2%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 8.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer45,988

CSS custom property--colour: #00B3A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#FF4C5B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A9A8A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9699A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00B7AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5 Turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B3000F

Analogous#00B34B, #0068B3

Triadic#A400B3, #B3A400

Split complementary#B30068, #B34B00

Tetradic#4B00B3, #B3000F, #68B300

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#80FFF4

Lighter +30%#4DFFF0

Lighter +20%#1AFFEC

Lighter +10%#00E6D3

Darker −10%#008075

Darker −20%#004D47

Darker −30%#001A18

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B3A4

Less saturated −25%#169D91

Channel breakdown

G179

B164

Red0 (0%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue174.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G B3 · B A4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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