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Colour

#00AF9E

  • #00AF9E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AF9E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 158 and HSL 174°, 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

#00AF9E#00AF9E
HEX#00AF9E
RGBrgb(0, 175, 158)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.6196
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 62%
HSLhsl(174.2, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.2, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 9.7%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,958
CSS custom property--colour: #00AF9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33129WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FF5061

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A49Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9396A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Turquoise · ΔE 17.4Dark cyan · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF0011
Analogous#00AF47, #0068AF
Triadic#9E00AF, #AF9E00
Split complementary#AF0068, #AF4700
Tetradic#4700AF, #AF0011, #68AF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CFFF2
Lighter +30%#49FFED
Lighter +20%#16FFE8
Lighter +10%#00E2CC
Darker −10%#007C70
Darker −20%#004942
Darker −30%#001614
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AF9E
Less saturated −25%#16998C

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B158
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue174.17°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B 9E

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