Colour

#00C2AD

#00C2AD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00C2AD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 194, 173 and HSL 174°, 100%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00C2AD#00C2AD

HEX#00C2AD

RGBrgb(0, 194, 173)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.7608, 0.6784

RGB percentages0%, 76.1%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(173.5, 100%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 100%, 76.1%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10.8%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer49,837

CSS custom property--colour: #00C2AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.32:1

Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#FF3D52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9B6ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4A6AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00C6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.6 Turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Aquamarine · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C20015

Analogous#00C24C, #0076C2

Triadic#AD00C2, #C2AD00

Split complementary#C20076, #C24C00

Tetradic#4C00C2, #C20015, #76C200

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8FFFF3

Lighter +30%#5CFFED

Lighter +20%#29FFE8

Lighter +10%#00F5DA

Darker −10%#008F80

Darker −20%#005C52

Darker −30%#002925

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C2AD

Less saturated −25%#18AA9A

Channel breakdown

G194

B173

Red0 (0%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue173.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G C2 · B AD

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Colour values

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