Recognised as Colour

#00B4BA

#00B4BA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B4BA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 180, 186 and HSL 182°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00B4BA#00B4BA

HEX#00B4BA

RGBrgb(0, 180, 186)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7059, 0.7294

RGB percentages0%, 70.6%, 72.9%

HSLhsl(181.9, 100%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.9, 100%, 72.9%)

CMYK100%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer46,266

CSS custom property--colour: #00B4BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.24:1

Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#FF4B45

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6ABBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#909CBBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#00BBB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7 Turquoise · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BA0600

Analogous#00BA63, #0057BA

Triadic#BA00B4, #B4BA00

Split complementary#BA0057, #BA6300

Tetradic#6300BA, #BA0600, #57BA00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87FBFF

Lighter +30%#54F9FF

Lighter +20%#21F8FF

Lighter +10%#00E5ED

Darker −10%#008387

Darker −20%#005154

Darker −30%#002021

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B4BA

Less saturated −25%#179EA3

Channel breakdown

G180

B186

Red0 (0%)

Green180 (70.6%)

Blue186 (72.9%)

Hue181.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G B4 · B BA

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