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Colour

#00AFBC

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

#00AFBC is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 188 and HSL 184°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#00AFBC#00AFBC
HEX#00AFBC
RGBrgb(0, 175, 188)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.7373
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(184.1, 100%, 36.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 100%, 73.7%)
CMYK100%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,988
CSS custom property--colour: #00AFBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FF5043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA7BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A98BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3Dark cyan · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.4Teal · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC0D00
Analogous#00BC6B, #0051BC
Triadic#BC00AF, #AFBC00
Split complementary#BC0051, #BC6B00
Tetradic#6B00BC, #BC0D00, #51BC00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89F7FF
Lighter +30%#56F3FF
Lighter +20%#23F0FF
Lighter +10%#00DEEF
Darker −10%#008089
Darker −20%#005056
Darker −30%#002123
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AFBC
Less saturated −25%#189BA5

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B188
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue184.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness36.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B BC

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