Recognised as Colour

#18AAA0

#18AAA0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#18AAA0 is a cyan with RGB values 24, 170, 160 and HSL 176°, 75%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#18AAA0#18AAA0

HEX#18AAA0

RGBrgb(24, 170, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.0941, 0.6667, 0.6275

RGB percentages9.4%, 66.7%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(175.9, 75.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 85.9%, 66.7%)

CMYK85.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,616,544

CSS custom property--colour: #18AAA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness141.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.3:1

Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#E7555F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A0A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E92A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00AEA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2 Teal · ΔE 17.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.16, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA1822

Analogous#18AA57, #186BAA

Triadic#A018AA, #AAA018

Split complementary#AA186B, #AA5718

Tetradic#5718AA, #AA1822, #6BAA18

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#9DF1EB

Lighter +30%#70EBE2

Lighter +20%#43E5D9

Lighter +10%#1ED7CA

Darker −10%#127D76

Darker −20%#0B514C

Darker −30%#052422

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C2B5

Less saturated −25%#30928B

Channel breakdown

R24

G170

B160

Red24 (9.4%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue175.89°

Saturation (HSL)75.26%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 18 · G AA · B A0

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