#00A282

sRGB · 0 / 162 / 130

#00A282 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 0 red, 162 green and 130 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 168.1° lands in the cyan region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 31.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.49:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 0, 162, 130
HSL: 168.15°, 100.00%, 31.76%
HSV / HSB: 168.15°, 100.00%, 63.53%
CMYK (approx.): 100.00%, 0.00%, 19.75%, 36.47%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.949, 27.451, 25.525
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.390, -43.525, 6.671
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27452
24-bit decimal: 41602

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #00A282 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 6.49:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A20020 sits half a turn (180°) from #00A282 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#00A282 #A20020

Analogous

#00A231 and #0071A2 sit 30° to either side of #00A282. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#00A231 #00A282 #0071A2

Triadic

#00A282, #8200A2 and #A28200 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#00A282 #8200A2 #A28200

Split complementary

Start at #00A282 and look across the wheel. #A20071 and #A23100 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#00A282 #A20071 #A23100

Square

Starting with #00A282, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #3100A2, #A20020, then #71A200. Across the square, #00A282 pairs with #A20020, and #3100A2 with #71A200.

#00A282 #3100A2 #A20020 #71A200

Tetradic

#00A282 and #A20020 are opposites, as are #0020A2 and #A28200. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#00A282 #0020A2 #A20020 #A28200

Tints

Mixing #00A282 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #33B59B, keeps 80% of the original. By #CCECE6, the mixture is 80% white.

#00A282 #33B59B #66C7B4 #99DACD #CCECE6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #00A282 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #008268, keeps 80% of the original. By #00201A, the mixture is 80% black.

#00A282 #008268 #00614E #004134 #00201A #000000

Tones

Mixing #00A282 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1A9B82, keeps 80% of the original. By #668780, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#00A282 #1A9B82 #339481 #4D8E81 #668780 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#00A282

RGB

rgb(0 162 130)

HSL

hsl(168.148 100.000% 31.765%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #00A282;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#00A282 uses 0 red, 162 green and 130 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 0.0%

Green 63.5%

Blue 51.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #00A282 is 100.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 19.8% yellow and 36.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 100.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 19.8%

Black 36.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #00AA88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #0A8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #00A282 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #00AA88 Nearest web-safe · #009999

Gradient to complement

#00A282 #1B8772 #366C61 #515151 #6C3641 #871B30 #A20020

Color vision previews

Compare how #00A282 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#9C9680

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8B8A84

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00A499

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#809982

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#779384

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#00A18A

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#8F8F8F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#689989

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00000 G 0.36131 B 0.22323

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.28092 G 0.62565 B 0.51627

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06415 G 0.34931 B 0.22941

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.242 y 0.393 Y 27.451

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 100.000 M % 36.471 Y % 49.020

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00000000 10100010 10000010