Colour

#25A8AC

#25A8AC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#25A8AC is a cyan with RGB values 37, 168, 172 and HSL 182°, 65%, 41%. 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

#25A8AC#25A8AC

HEX#25A8AC

RGBrgb(37, 168, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.1451, 0.6588, 0.6745

RGB percentages14.5%, 65.9%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(181.8, 64.6%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 78.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK78.5%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,468,012

CSS custom property--colour: #25A8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.28:1

Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#DA5753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9CA0ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#8992ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00AEA9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 11.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 13 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15 Teal · ΔE 15.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC2925

Analogous#25AC6D, #2564AC

Triadic#AC25A8, #A8AC25

Split complementary#AC2564, #AC6D25

Tetradic#6D25AC, #AC2925, #65AC25

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#AFECEE

Lighter +30%#85E2E5

Lighter +20%#5BD8DC

Lighter +10%#31CED3

Darker −10%#1C7F82

Darker −20%#135658

Darker −30%#0A2D2E

Darker −40%#010404

More saturated +25%#0BC1C6

Less saturated −25%#3F8F92

Channel breakdown

R37

G168

B172

Red37 (14.5%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue181.78°

Saturation (HSL)64.59%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 25 · G A8 · B AC

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Colour values

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