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Colour

#00BABB

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

#00BABB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 186, 187 and HSL 180°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00BABB#00BABB
HEX#00BABB
RGBrgb(0, 186, 187)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7294, 0.7333
RGB percentages0%, 72.9%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(180.3, 100%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.3, 100%, 73.3%)
CMYK100%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer47,803
CSS custom property--colour: #00BABB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#FF4544

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB0BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#97A0BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark cyan · ΔE 18Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB0100
Analogous#00BB5F, #005DBB
Triadic#BB00BA, #BABB00
Split complementary#BB005D, #BB5E00
Tetradic#5E00BB, #BB0100, #5DBB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88FEFF
Lighter +30%#55FEFF
Lighter +20%#22FEFF
Lighter +10%#00EDEE
Darker −10%#008788
Darker −20%#005555
Darker −30%#002222
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BABB
Less saturated −25%#17A3A4

Channel breakdown

R0
G186
B187
Red0 (0%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue180.32°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G BA · B BB

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