Colour

#00DDAD

#00DDAD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#00DDAD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 221, 173 and HSL 167°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#00DDAD#00DDAD

HEX#00DDAD

RGBrgb(0, 221, 173)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.8667, 0.6784

RGB percentages0%, 86.7%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(167, 100%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167, 100%, 86.7%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 21.7%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer56,749

CSS custom property--colour: #00DDAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#FF2252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6CDABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0BDB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFCFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 17 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3 Turquoise · ΔE 19.4 Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 27.1 Medium spring green · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 16.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD0030

Analogous#00DD3E, #009EDD

Triadic#AD00DD, #DDAD00

Split complementary#DD009E, #DD3E00

Tetradic#3F00DD, #DD0030, #9FDD00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AAFFED

Lighter +30%#77FFE1

Lighter +20%#44FFD6

Lighter +10%#11FFCB

Darker −10%#00AA85

Darker −20%#00775D

Darker −30%#004435

Darker −40%#00110D

More saturated +25%#00DDAD

Less saturated −25%#1CC19D

Channel breakdown

G221

B173

Red0 (0%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue166.97°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G DD · B AD

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