Colour

#18A996

#18A996
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#18A996 is a cyan with RGB values 24, 169, 150 and HSL 172°, 75%, 38%. 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

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HEX#18A996

RGBrgb(24, 169, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.6627, 0.5882

RGB percentages9.4%, 66.3%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(172.1, 75.1%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 85.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK85.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,616,278

CSS custom property--colour: #18A996;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.15:1

Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#E75669

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A19E95no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8F9198no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00ACA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Teal · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A9182B

Analogous#18A94E, #1873A9

Triadic#9618A9, #A99618

Split complementary#A91873, #A94E18

Tetradic#4E18A9, #A9182B, #73A918

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#9CF1E6

Lighter +30%#6FEBDA

Lighter +20%#43E4CF

Lighter +10%#1ED6BE

Darker −10%#127C6E

Darker −20%#0B5047

Darker −30%#05231F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C1A8

Less saturated −25%#309184

Channel breakdown

R24

G169

B150

Red24 (9.4%)

Green169 (66.3%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue172.14°

Saturation (HSL)75.13%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 18 · G A9 · B 96

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