Recognised as Colour
#00E6AA
- #00E6AA
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Aquamarine
#00E6AA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 230, 170 and HSL 164°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.
Colour values
#00E6AA#00E6AA
HEX#00E6AA
RGBrgb(0, 230, 170)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.902, 0.6667
RGB percentages0%, 90.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(164.3, 100%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.3, 100%, 90.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 26.1%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer59,050
CSS custom property--colour: #00E6AA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.59496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#FF1955
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E6003C
Analogous#00E637, #00AFE6
Triadic#AA00E6, #E6AA00
Split complementary#E600AF, #E63700
Tetradic#3700E6, #E6003C, #AFE600
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G230
B170
Red0 (0%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue164.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G E6 · B AA
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