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Recognised as Colour

#00CA8B

  • #00CA8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#00CA8B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 202, 139 and HSL 161°, 100%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#00CA8B#00CA8B
HEX#00CA8B
RGBrgb(0, 202, 139)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7922, 0.5451
RGB percentages0%, 79.2%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(161.3, 100%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.3, 100%, 79.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 31.2%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer51,851
CSS custom property--colour: #00CA8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.82:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#FF3574

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BA87no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AB8Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.2Medium spring green · ΔE 24Light green · ΔE 24.7Aquamarine · ΔE 25Sea green · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA003F
Analogous#00CA26, #00A4CA
Triadic#8B00CA, #CA8B00
Split complementary#CA00A4, #CA2600
Tetradic#2600CA, #CA003F, #A4CA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#97FFDF
Lighter +30%#64FFCF
Lighter +20%#31FFBF
Lighter +10%#00FDAE
Darker −10%#009768
Darker −20%#006445
Darker −30%#003122
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CA8B
Less saturated −25%#19B182

Channel breakdown

R0
G202
B139
Red0 (0%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue161.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G CA · B 8B

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