Colour

#00BEAE

#00BEAE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BEAE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 190, 174 and HSL 175°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00BEAE#00BEAE

HEX#00BEAE

RGBrgb(0, 190, 174)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7451, 0.6824

RGB percentages0%, 74.5%, 68.2%

HSLhsl(174.9, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,814

CSS custom property--colour: #00BEAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1

Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#949494

Inverted#FF4151

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4B2ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9FA3B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C2B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.44, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BE0010

Analogous#00BE4F, #006FBE

Triadic#AE00BE, #BEAE00

Split complementary#BE006F, #BE4F00

Tetradic#4F00BE, #BE0010, #6FBE00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8BFFF5

Lighter +30%#58FFF1

Lighter +20%#25FFED

Lighter +10%#00F1DD

Darker −10%#008B7F

Darker −20%#005851

Darker −30%#002522

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BEAE

Less saturated −25%#18A69A

Channel breakdown

G190

B174

Red0 (0%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue174 (68.2%)

Hue174.95°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G BE · B AE

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