Colour

#40AA85

#40AA85
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#40AA85 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 170, 133 and HSL 159°, 45%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#40AA85#40AA85

HEX#40AA85

RGBrgb(64, 170, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.6667, 0.5216

RGB percentages25.1%, 66.7%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(159.1, 45.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(159.1, 62.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK62.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,237,957

CSS custom property--colour: #40AA85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#919191

Inverted#BF557A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A69F83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#979487no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00ABA0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9 Sea green · ΔE 15.1 Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA4065

Analogous#40AA50, #409AAA

Triadic#8540AA, #AA8540

Split complementary#AA409A, #AA5040

Tetradic#5040AA, #AA4065, #9AAA40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CBEBE0

Lighter +30%#A6DDCA

Lighter +20%#81CFB4

Lighter +10%#5CC19E

Darker −10%#328568

Darker −20%#24604B

Darker −30%#163B2E

Darker −40%#081611

More saturated +25%#23C78E

Less saturated −25%#5D8D7C

Channel breakdown

R64

G170

B133

Red64 (25.1%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue159.06°

Saturation (HSL)45.3%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G AA · B 85

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