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Colour

#00AF99

  • #00AF99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AF99 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 153 and HSL 172°, 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

#00AF99#00AF99
HEX#00AF99
RGBrgb(0, 175, 153)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.6
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(172.5, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,953
CSS custom property--colour: #00AF99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness143.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#888888
Inverted#FF5066

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A398no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#94969Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Turquoise · ΔE 17.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF0016
Analogous#00AF41, #006EAF
Triadic#9900AF, #AF9900
Split complementary#AF006E, #AF4200
Tetradic#4100AF, #AF0016, #6EAF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CFFEF
Lighter +30%#49FFE8
Lighter +20%#16FFE2
Lighter +10%#00E2C6
Darker −10%#007C6C
Darker −20%#004940
Darker −30%#001613
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF99
Less saturated −25%#169989

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B153
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue172.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B 99

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