Colour

#00AEA7

#00AEA7
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AEA7 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 174, 167 and HSL 178°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00AEA7#00AEA7

HEX#00AEA7

RGBrgb(0, 174, 167)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6824, 0.6549

RGB percentages0%, 68.2%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(177.6, 100%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 100%, 68.2%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,711

CSS custom property--colour: #00AEA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#FF5158

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3A4A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F96A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 1.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13 Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3 Turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Teal · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.87, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AE0007

Analogous#00AE50, #005EAE

Triadic#A700AE, #AEA700

Split complementary#AE005E, #AE5000

Tetradic#5000AE, #AE0007, #5EAE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#7BFFFA

Lighter +30%#48FFF8

Lighter +20%#15FFF6

Lighter +10%#00E1D8

Darker −10%#007B76

Darker −20%#004845

Darker −30%#001514

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00AEA7

Less saturated −25%#169893

Channel breakdown

G174

B167

Red0 (0%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue177.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AE · B A7

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