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Recognised as Colour

#00BBA5

  • #00BBA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BBA5 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 187, 165 and HSL 173°, 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

#00BBA5#00BBA5
HEX#00BBA5
RGBrgb(0, 187, 165)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7333, 0.6471
RGB percentages0%, 73.3%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(172.9, 100%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 100%, 73.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer48,037
CSS custom property--colour: #00BBA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#FF445A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2AFA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA0A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8Turquoise · ΔE 13.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark cyan · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB0016
Analogous#00BB47, #0073BB
Triadic#A500BB, #BBA500
Split complementary#BB0073, #BB4700
Tetradic#4800BB, #BB0016, #74BB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88FFF1
Lighter +30%#55FFEB
Lighter +20%#22FFE5
Lighter +10%#00EED2
Darker −10%#008878
Darker −20%#00554B
Darker −30%#00221E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BBA5
Less saturated −25%#17A493

Channel breakdown

R0
G187
B165
Red0 (0%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue172.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G BB · B A5

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