Colour

#00AFA0

#00AFA0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AFA0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 160 and HSL 175°, 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

#00AFA0#00AFA0

HEX#00AFA0

RGBrgb(0, 175, 160)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.6275

RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(174.9, 100%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 100%, 68.6%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer44,960

CSS custom property--colour: #00AFA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#FF505F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A6A4A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#9296A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 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 text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.9 Turquoise · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.89, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AF000F

Analogous#00AF49, #0066AF

Triadic#A000AF, #AFA000

Split complementary#AF0066, #AF4900

Tetradic#4900AF, #AF000F, #66AF00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7CFFF4

Lighter +30%#49FFEF

Lighter +20%#16FFEB

Lighter +10%#00E2CF

Darker −10%#007C71

Darker −20%#004943

Darker −30%#001614

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00AFA0

Less saturated −25%#16998E

Channel breakdown

G175

B160

Red0 (0%)

Green175 (68.6%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue174.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B A0

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