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Recognised as Colour

#00BB99

  • #00BB99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#00BB99 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 153 and HSL 169°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#00BB99#00BB99
HEX#00BB99
HEX (short)#0B9
RGBrgb(0, 187, 153)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.6
RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(169.1, 100%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 100%, 73.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,025
CSS custom property--colour: #00BB99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.57:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#FF4466

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4AE97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A09Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Turquoise · ΔE 17.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB0022
Analogous#00BB3C, #007FBB
Triadic#9900BB, #BB9900
Split complementary#BB007F, #BB3C00
Tetradic#3C00BB, #BB0022, #7FBB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88FFE9
Lighter +30%#55FFE0
Lighter +20%#22FFD7
Lighter +10%#00EEC3
Darker −10%#00886F
Darker −20%#005546
Darker −30%#00221C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BB99
Less saturated −25%#17A48A

Channel breakdown

R0
G187
B153
Red0 (0%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue169.09°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B 99

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