Colour

#40AEA8

#40AEA8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#40AEA8 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 174, 168 and HSL 177°, 46%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#40AEA8#40AEA8

HEX#40AEA8

RGBrgb(64, 174, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.6824, 0.6588

RGB percentages25.1%, 68.2%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(176.7, 46.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 63.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK63.2%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,239,016

CSS custom property--colour: #40AEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1

Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#BF5157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A5A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9399A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.8 Teal · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE4046

Analogous#40AE71, #407DAE

Triadic#A840AE, #AEA840

Split complementary#AE407D, #AE7140

Tetradic#7140AE, #AE4046, #7DAE40

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDEDEB

Lighter +30%#A8DFDC

Lighter +20%#83D1CD

Lighter +10%#5DC4BE

Darker −10%#328984

Darker −20%#256360

Darker −30%#173E3C

Darker −40%#091918

More saturated +25%#22CCC3

Less saturated −25%#5E908D

Channel breakdown

R64

G174

B168

Red64 (25.1%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue176.73°

Saturation (HSL)46.22%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G AE · B A8

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