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Recognised as Colour

#00C6A9

  • #00C6A9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#00C6A9 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 198, 169 and HSL 171°, 100%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#00C6A9#00C6A9
HEX#00C6A9
RGBrgb(0, 198, 169)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7765, 0.6627
RGB percentages0%, 77.6%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(171.2, 100%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.2, 100%, 77.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 14.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer50,857
CSS custom property--colour: #00C6A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.65:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#FF3956

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEB9A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9A9ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Turquoise · ΔE 12.4Light seagreen · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6Aquamarine · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6001D
Analogous#00C646, #0080C6
Triadic#A900C6, #C6A900
Split complementary#C60080, #C64600
Tetradic#4600C6, #C6001D, #80C600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93FFEF
Lighter +30%#60FFE8
Lighter +20%#2DFFE0
Lighter +10%#00F9D5
Darker −10%#00937D
Darker −20%#006052
Darker −30%#002D26
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C6A9
Less saturated −25%#19AD98

Channel breakdown

R0
G198
B169
Red0 (0%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue171.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G C6 · B A9

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