Colour

#00B8A5

#00B8A5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B8A5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 184, 165 and HSL 174°, 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

#00B8A5#00B8A5

HEX#00B8A5

RGBrgb(0, 184, 165)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7216, 0.6471

RGB percentages0%, 72.2%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(173.8, 100%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 100%, 72.2%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer47,269

CSS custom property--colour: #00B8A5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.4:1

Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#FF475A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFACA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B9EA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00BCB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B80013

Analogous#00B849, #006FB8

Triadic#A500B8, #B8A500

Split complementary#B8006F, #B84900

Tetradic#4900B8, #B80013, #6FB800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#85FFF2

Lighter +30%#52FFED

Lighter +20%#1FFFE8

Lighter +10%#00EBD3

Darker −10%#008577

Darker −20%#00524A

Darker −30%#001F1C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B8A5

Less saturated −25%#17A193

Channel breakdown

G184

B165

Red0 (0%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue173.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G B8 · B A5

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Colour values

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