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Recognised as Colour

#00FFAA

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

#00FFAA is a cyan with RGB values 0, 255, 170 and HSL 160°, 100%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#00FFAA#00FFAA
HEX#00FFAA
HEX (short)#0FA
RGBrgb(0, 255, 170)
RGB (0–1)0, 1, 0.6667
RGB percentages0%, 100%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(160, 100%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 100%, 100%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 33.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer65,450
CSS custom property--colour: #00FFAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#FF0055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCEAA5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E3D9B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00FEE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 6.1Spring green · ΔE 21.6Pale green · ΔE 24Light green · ΔE 25.2Aquamarine · ΔE 29.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 6.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF0055
Analogous#00FF2A, #00D5FF
Triadic#AA00FF, #FFAA00
Split complementary#FF00D4, #FF2A00
Tetradic#2B00FF, #FF0055, #D4FF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCFFEE
Lighter +30%#99FFDD
Lighter +20%#66FFCC
Lighter +10%#33FFBB
Darker −10%#00CC88
Darker −20%#009966
Darker −30%#006644
Darker −40%#003322
More saturated +25%#00FFAA
Less saturated −25%#20DF9F

Channel breakdown

R0
G255
B170
Red0 (0%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G FF · B AA

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