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Colour

#00AFA8

  • #00AFA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#00AFA8 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 168 and HSL 178°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00AFA8#00AFA8
HEX#00AFA8
RGBrgb(0, 175, 168)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.6588
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(177.6, 100%, 34.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 100%, 68.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,968
CSS custom property--colour: #00AFA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FF5057

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9096A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4ADno 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 text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 1.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Turquoise · ΔE 17.9Teal · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.68, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF0007
Analogous#00AF51, #005EAF
Triadic#A800AF, #AFA800
Split complementary#AF005F, #AF5100
Tetradic#5100AF, #AF0007, #5EAF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CFFFA
Lighter +30%#49FFF8
Lighter +20%#16FFF6
Lighter +10%#00E2D9
Darker −10%#007C77
Darker −20%#004946
Darker −30%#001615
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AFA8
Less saturated −25%#169994

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B168
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue177.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B A8

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