Recognised as Colour

#00C173

#00C173
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00C173 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 193, 115 and HSL 156°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00C173#00C173

HEX#00C173

RGBrgb(0, 193, 115)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7569, 0.451

RGB percentages0%, 75.7%, 45.1%

HSLhsl(155.8, 100%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155.8, 100%, 75.7%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 40.4%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer49,523

CSS custom property--colour: #00C173;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1

Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#FF3E8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0B06Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADA378no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00BFAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.8 Medium spring green · ΔE 22.3 Light green · ΔE 23.2 Pale green · ΔE 26.3 Forest green · ΔE 26.6 Sea green · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C1004E

Analogous#00C112, #00AFC1

Triadic#7300C1, #C17300

Split complementary#C100AF, #C11300

Tetradic#1200C1, #C1004E, #AFC100

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8EFFD1

Lighter +30%#5BFFBD

Lighter +20%#28FFA8

Lighter +10%#00F491

Darker −10%#008E55

Darker −20%#005B36

Darker −30%#002818

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C173

Less saturated −25%#18A96E

Channel breakdown

G193

B115

Red0 (0%)

Green193 (75.7%)

Blue115 (45.1%)

Hue155.75°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C1 · B 73

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