Colour

#00BB5F

#00BB5F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00BB5F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 95 and HSL 150°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00BB5F#00BB5F

HEX#00BB5F

RGBrgb(0, 187, 95)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.3725

RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(150.5, 100%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.5, 100%, 73.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 49.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer47,967

CSS custom property--colour: #00BB5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#FF44A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BBAA58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AA9E66no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00B8A5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6 Forest green · ΔE 21.6 Medium spring green · ΔE 23.2 Light green · ΔE 24.2 Green · ΔE 26.6 Pale green · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 16.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BB005C

Analogous#00BB02, #00B9BB

Triadic#5F00BB, #BB5F00

Split complementary#BB00B9, #BB0200

Tetradic#0200BB, #BB005C, #B9BB00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#88FFC4

Lighter +30%#55FFAB

Lighter +20%#22FF92

Lighter +10%#00EE79

Darker −10%#008845

Darker −20%#00552B

Darker −30%#002211

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BB5F

Less saturated −25%#17A45F

Channel breakdown

G187

B95

Red0 (0%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue150.48°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B 5F

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