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Colour

#00AFBF

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

#00AFBF is a cyan with RGB values 0, 175, 191 and HSL 185°, 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

#00AFBF#00AFBF
HEX#00AFBF
RGBrgb(0, 175, 191)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6863, 0.749
RGB percentages0%, 68.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(185, 100%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185, 100%, 74.9%)
CMYK100%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer44,991
CSS custom property--colour: #00AFBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FF5040

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA7C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8998BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Dark cyan · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Teal · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF1000
Analogous#00BF70, #004FBF
Triadic#BF00AF, #AFBF00
Split complementary#BF004F, #BF6F00
Tetradic#7000BF, #BF1000, #50BF00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CF5FF
Lighter +30%#59F1FF
Lighter +20%#26EDFF
Lighter +10%#00DEF2
Darker −10%#00808C
Darker −20%#005259
Darker −30%#002326
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AFBF
Less saturated −25%#189BA7

Channel breakdown

R0
G175
B191
Red0 (0%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue185.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G AF · B BF

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