Colour

#00BDA6

#00BDA6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BDA6 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 189, 166 and HSL 173°, 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

#00BDA6#00BDA6

HEX#00BDA6

RGBrgb(0, 189, 166)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7412, 0.651

RGB percentages0%, 74.1%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(172.7, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,550

CSS custom property--colour: #00BDA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1

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

Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#939393

Inverted#FF4259

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4B1A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A2A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 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 text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.5 Turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BD0017

Analogous#00BD47, #0076BD

Triadic#A600BD, #BDA600

Split complementary#BD0076, #BD4700

Tetradic#4700BD, #BD0017, #76BD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8AFFF1

Lighter +30%#57FFEB

Lighter +20%#24FFE4

Lighter +10%#00F0D3

Darker −10%#008A79

Darker −20%#00574C

Darker −30%#002420

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BDA6

Less saturated −25%#18A594

Channel breakdown

G189

B166

Red0 (0%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue172.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G BD · B A6

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