Recognised as Colour

#00BEB9

#00BEB9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00BEB9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 190, 185 and HSL 178°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00BEB9#00BEB9

HEX#00BEB9

RGBrgb(0, 190, 185)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7451, 0.7255

RGB percentages0%, 74.5%, 72.5%

HSLhsl(178.4, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer48,825

CSS custom property--colour: #00BEB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.07:1

Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#FF4146

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2B3B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9CA4BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#00C4BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.7 Turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BE0005

Analogous#00BE5A, #0064BE

Triadic#B900BE, #BEB900

Split complementary#BE0064, #BE5A00

Tetradic#5A00BE, #BE0005, #64BE00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8BFFFC

Lighter +30%#58FFFB

Lighter +20%#25FFF9

Lighter +10%#00F1EB

Darker −10%#008B87

Darker −20%#005856

Darker −30%#002524

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00BEB9

Less saturated −25%#18A6A3

Channel breakdown

G190

B185

Red0 (0%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue185 (72.5%)

Hue178.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G BE · B B9

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