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Recognised as Colour

#00B5AA

  • #00B5AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B5AA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 181, 170 and HSL 176°, 100%, 35%. 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

#00B5AA#00B5AA
HEX#00B5AA
RGBrgb(0, 181, 170)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7098, 0.6667
RGB percentages0%, 71%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(176.4, 100%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 100%, 71%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 6.1%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer46,506
CSS custom property--colour: #00B5AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3595WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#FF4A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAAAAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#969BABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BAB1no 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 text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 15.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6Dark cyan · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.2, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5000B
Analogous#00B54F, #0066B5
Triadic#AA00B5, #B5AA00
Split complementary#B50066, #B54F00
Tetradic#4F00B5, #B5000B, #66B500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#82FFF7
Lighter +30%#4FFFF4
Lighter +20%#1CFFF1
Lighter +10%#00E8DA
Darker −10%#00827A
Darker −20%#004F4A
Darker −30%#001C1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B5AA
Less saturated −25%#179E96

Channel breakdown

R0
G181
B170
Red0 (0%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue176.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G B5 · B AA

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