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Colour

#00B8A8

  • #00B8A8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00B8A8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 184, 168 and HSL 175°, 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

#00B8A8#00B8A8
HEX#00B8A8
RGBrgb(0, 184, 168)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7216, 0.6588
RGB percentages0%, 72.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(174.8, 100%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 100%, 72.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer47,272
CSS custom property--colour: #00B8A8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.42:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#FF4757

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEADA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9EAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 12Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Turquoise · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.6Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B80010
Analogous#00B84C, #006CB8
Triadic#A800B8, #B8A800
Split complementary#B8006C, #B84C00
Tetradic#4C00B8, #B80010, #6CB800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#85FFF4
Lighter +30%#52FFF0
Lighter +20%#1FFFEC
Lighter +10%#00EBD7
Darker −10%#008579
Darker −20%#00524B
Darker −30%#001F1C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B8A8
Less saturated −25%#17A195

Channel breakdown

R0
G184
B168
Red0 (0%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue174.78°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G B8 · B A8

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