Recognised as Colour

#00BDA4

#00BDA4
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BDA4 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 189, 164 and HSL 172°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00BDA4#00BDA4

HEX#00BDA4

RGBrgb(0, 189, 164)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7412, 0.6431

RGB percentages0%, 74.1%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(172.1, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,548

CSS custom property--colour: #00BDA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.82:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#FF425B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5B1A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A2A6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD0019

Analogous#00BD45, #0078BD

Triadic#A400BD, #BDA400

Split complementary#BD0077, #BD4500

Tetradic#4600BD, #BD0019, #78BD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8AFFF0

Lighter +30%#57FFE9

Lighter +20%#24FFE2

Lighter +10%#00F0D0

Darker −10%#008A78

Darker −20%#00574B

Darker −30%#00241F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BDA4

Less saturated −25%#18A593

Channel breakdown

G189

B164

Red0 (0%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue172.06°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G BD · B A4

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