Colour

#00B5AB

#00B5AB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B5AB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 181, 171 and HSL 177°, 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

#00B5AB#00B5AB

HEX#00B5AB

RGBrgb(0, 181, 171)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7098, 0.6706

RGB percentages0%, 71%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(176.7, 100%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 100%, 71%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer46,507

CSS custom property--colour: #00B5AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35988WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.2:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#FF4A54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AAAAABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#969BACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00BAB2no 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 text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.8, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B5000A

Analogous#00B551, #0064B5

Triadic#AB00B5, #B5AB00

Split complementary#B50064, #B55100

Tetradic#5100B5, #B5000A, #64B500

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#82FFF8

Lighter +30%#4FFFF5

Lighter +20%#1CFFF2

Lighter +10%#00E8DB

Darker −10%#00827B

Darker −20%#004F4B

Darker −30%#001C1A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B5AB

Less saturated −25%#179E97

Channel breakdown

G181

B171

Red0 (0%)

Green181 (71%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue176.69°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G B5 · B AB

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