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Recognised as Colour

#00B8A3

  • #00B8A3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B8A3 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 184, 163 and HSL 173°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00B8A3#00B8A3
HEX#00B8A3
RGBrgb(0, 184, 163)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7216, 0.6392
RGB percentages0%, 72.2%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(173.2, 100%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 100%, 72.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer47,267
CSS custom property--colour: #00B8A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.39:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#FF475C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFACA2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9EA5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark cyan · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B80015
Analogous#00B847, #0071B8
Triadic#A300B8, #B8A300
Split complementary#B80071, #B84700
Tetradic#4700B8, #B80015, #71B800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#85FFF1
Lighter +30%#52FFEB
Lighter +20%#1FFFE5
Lighter +10%#00EBD0
Darker −10%#008576
Darker −20%#005249
Darker −30%#001F1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B8A3
Less saturated −25%#17A191

Channel breakdown

R0
G184
B163
Red0 (0%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue173.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G B8 · B A3

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