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Recognised as Colour

#04AA9C

  • #04AA9C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#04AA9C is a cyan with RGB values 4, 170, 156 and HSL 175°, 95%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#04AA9C#04AA9C
HEX#04AA9C
RGBrgb(4, 170, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.6667, 0.6118
RGB percentages1.6%, 66.7%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(174.9, 95.4%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 97.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK97.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer305,820
CSS custom property--colour: #04AA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.24:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FB5563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A09Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E929Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA6no 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 text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.9Dark cyan · ΔE 14.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Teal · ΔE 18.7
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#AA0412
Analogous#04AA49, #0465AA
Triadic#9C04AA, #AA9C04
Split complementary#AA0465, #AA4904
Tetradic#4904AA, #AA0412, #65AA04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7EFCF1
Lighter +30%#4CFBEC
Lighter +20%#1AFAE7
Lighter +10%#05DCCA
Darker −10%#03786E
Darker −20%#024641
Darker −30%#001513
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AE9F
Less saturated −25%#1A948A

Channel breakdown

R4
G170
B156
Red4 (1.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue174.94°
Saturation (HSL)95.4%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 04 · G AA · B 9C

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