HEX atlas value

#00A693

#00A693 is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Persian Green. RGB 0, 166, 147, HSL 173° 100% 33%, luminance 0.2938; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool balanced

#00A693 Sample readable text

HEX #00A693

RGB rgb(0, 166, 147)

HSL hsl(173 100% 33%)

CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 11, 35)

Luminance 0.2938

Contrast Black 6.88:1White 3.05:1

CSS

--color-00a693: #00A693;
.background-00a693 { background-color: #00A693; }
.text-00a693 { color: #00A693; }

HEX meaning and use

About #00A693

#00A693 is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #00A693 is visually closest to Persian Green, a named cyan color with HEX #00A693.

The RGB channels are 0, 166, and 147, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 173deg with 100% saturation and 33% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.2938, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.88:1AA Pass

White text3.05:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #00A693 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.88:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.05:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#05FFE2#05FFE2 · #000000 text · best 16.41:1 #004D44#004D44 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.79:1 #A80014#A80014 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.85:1 Manganese Blue#03A89E · #000000 text · best 7.1:1 #00A895#00A895 · #000000 text · best 7.04:1

Generated Palette

Persian Green#00A693

#A80014#A80014

#00A841#00A841

#0068A8#0068A8

#05FFE2#05FFE2

#004D44#004D44

Color Harmonies

#A80014#A80014

#00A841#00A841

#0068A8#0068A8

#9500A8#9500A8

#A89500#A89500

Variants

#05FFE2#05FFE2

#004D44#004D44

#00A895#00A895

#139686#139686

#39EFDA#39EFDA

#00D1B9#00D1B9

Nearest Named Colors

Persian Green#00A693

Manganese Blue#03A89E

Dark Cyan#008B8B

Jade#00A86B

Peacock Teal#00827F

Luminance0.2938

Black text6.88:1AA Pass

White text3.05:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#00A693","rgb":[0,166,147],"hsl":[173,100,33],"cmyk":[100,0,11,35],"luminance":0.2938,"contrast":{"black":6.88,"white":3.05}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.88,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.05,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#05FFE2","hex":"#05FFE2","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.41,"contrastWhite":1.28,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#004D44","hex":"#004D44","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.15,"contrastWhite":9.79,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#A80014","hex":"#A80014","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.68,"contrastWhite":7.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Manganese Blue","hex":"#03A89E","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.1,"contrastWhite":2.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#00A895","hex":"#00A895","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.04,"contrastWhite":2.98,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Persian Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/00a693.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/persian-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/manganese-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-cyan.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A80014","analogous":["#00A841","#0068A8"],"triadic":["#9500A8","#A89500"],"tetradic":["#4100A8","#A80014","#68A800"],"splitComplementary":["#A80068","#A84100"],"monochromatic":["#05FFE2","#00A693","#004D44"]}

Variants

{"light":"#05FFE2","dark":"#004D44","saturated":"#00A895","desaturated":"#139686","pastel":"#39EFDA","neon":"#00D1B9"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"persian-green","name":"Persian Green","hex":"#00A693","distance":0},{"slug":"manganese-blue","name":"Manganese Blue","hex":"#03A89E","distance":11.575836902790225},{"slug":"dark-cyan","name":"Dark Cyan","hex":"#008B8B","distance":28.160255680657446},{"slug":"jade","name":"Jade","hex":"#00A86B","distance":40.049968789001575},{"slug":"peacock-teal","name":"Peacock Teal","hex":"#00827F","distance":41.182520563948}]

#00A693

CSS

About #00A693

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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