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Recognised as Colour

#00FAAD

  • #00FAAD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#00FAAD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 250, 173 and HSL 162°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#00FAAD#00FAAD
HEX#00FAAD
RGBrgb(0, 250, 173)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.9804, 0.6784
RGB percentages0%, 98%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(161.5, 100%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.5, 100%, 98%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 30.8%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer64,173
CSS custom property--colour: #00FAAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.28:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#FF0552

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F6E6A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64 from the original
Deuteranopia#DED5B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F9E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 9.9Pale green · ΔE 24.2Light green · ΔE 24.7Aquamarine · ΔE 25.7Spring green · ΔE 25.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA004D
Analogous#00FA30, #00CAFA
Triadic#AD00FA, #FAAD00
Split complementary#FA00CA, #FA3000
Tetradic#3000FA, #FA004D, #CAFA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7FFEE
Lighter +30%#94FFDE
Lighter +20%#61FFCE
Lighter +10%#2EFFBF
Darker −10%#00C78A
Darker −20%#009466
Darker −30%#006143
Darker −40%#002E20
More saturated +25%#00FAAD
Less saturated −25%#1FDBA1

Channel breakdown

R0
G250
B173
Red0 (0%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue161.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G FA · B AD

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