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Recognised as Colour

#04AFA8

  • #04AFA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#04AFA8 is a cyan with RGB values 4, 175, 168 and HSL 178°, 96%, 35%. 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

#04AFA8#04AFA8
HEX#04AFA8
RGBrgb(4, 175, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.0157, 0.6863, 0.6588
RGB percentages1.6%, 68.6%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(177.5, 95.5%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 97.7%, 68.6%)
CMYK97.7%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer307,112
CSS custom property--colour: #04AFA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33513WCAG 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#8A8A8A
Inverted#FB5057

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#9096A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 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 1.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Turquoise · ΔE 17.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 1.59, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF040B
Analogous#04AF52, #0460AF
Triadic#A804AF, #AFA804
Split complementary#AF0460, #AF5204
Tetradic#5304AF, #AF040B, #61AF04

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#83FCF7
Lighter +30%#51FBF4
Lighter +20%#1FFAF1
Lighter +10%#05E1D8
Darker −10%#037D78
Darker −20%#024B48
Darker −30%#011918
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B3AC
Less saturated −25%#1A9993

Channel breakdown

R4
G175
B168
Red4 (1.6%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue177.54°
Saturation (HSL)95.53%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 04 · G AF · B A8

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