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Recognised as Colour

#00B3A9

  • #00B3A9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B3A9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 179, 169 and HSL 177°, 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

#00B3A9#00B3A9
HEX#00B3A9
RGBrgb(0, 179, 169)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.702, 0.6627
RGB percentages0%, 70.2%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(176.6, 100%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 100%, 70.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer45,993
CSS custom property--colour: #00B3A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.02:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#FF4C56

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A8A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#949AAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Turquoise · ΔE 16.1Dark cyan · ΔE 16.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.44, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3000A
Analogous#00B34F, #0064B3
Triadic#A900B3, #B3A900
Split complementary#B30064, #B34F00
Tetradic#4F00B3, #B3000A, #64B300

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#80FFF8
Lighter +30%#4DFFF5
Lighter +20%#1AFFF2
Lighter +10%#00E6D9
Darker −10%#008079
Darker −20%#004D49
Darker −30%#001A19
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B3A9
Less saturated −25%#169D95

Channel breakdown

R0
G179
B169
Red0 (0%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue176.65°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G B3 · B A9

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