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#11AFA9

#11afa9 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#11afa9 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 68.63% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.29% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 177.72°, with 82.29% saturation and 37.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.16.

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Relative luminance0.3364

Complementary

  1. #11afa9
  2. #af1117

Split complementary

  1. #11afa9
  2. #af1166
  3. #af5a11

Analogous

  1. #11af5a
  2. #11afa9
  3. #1166af

Triadic

  1. #11afa9
  2. #a911af
  3. #afa911

Tetradic

  1. #11afa9
  2. #1117af
  3. #af1117
  4. #afa911

Square

  1. #11afa9
  2. #5a11af
  3. #af1117
  4. #66af11

Monochromatic

  1. #032422
  2. #0a6966
  3. #11afa9
  4. #23eae2
  5. #69f0eb

Shades

#11afa9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #11afa9
  2. #0f9e98
  3. #0e8c87
  4. #0c7b76
  5. #0a6965
  6. #095855
  7. #074644
  8. #053533
  9. #032322
  10. #021211
  11. #000000

Tints

#11afa9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #11afa9
  2. #29b7b2
  3. #41bfba
  4. #58c7c3
  5. #70cfcb
  6. #88d7d4
  7. #a0dfdd
  8. #b8e7e5
  9. #cfefee
  10. #e7f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#11afa9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #11afa9
  2. #1caaa5
  3. #27a6a1
  4. #32a19d
  5. #3d9c99
  6. #499895
  7. #549390
  8. #5f8e8c
  9. #6a8988
  10. #758584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da4a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a5a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9097aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82a9a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73a1aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-11afa9 {
  color: #11afa9;
}
Background
.bg-11afa9 {
  background-color: #11afa9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-11afa9 {
  border: 2px solid #11afa9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #11afa9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 175 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 82% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-11afa9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #11afa9, #1166af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-11afa9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 175 169 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.16 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.67 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.12 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.64 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.13 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.76 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.96 #ee5056 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#11afa9  rgb(17, 175, 169)  hsl(178, 82%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#af1117  rgb(175, 17, 23)  hsl(358, 82%, 38%)  Cornell Red
#a911af  rgb(169, 17, 175)  hsl(298, 82%, 38%)  Dark Orchid
#afa911  rgb(175, 169, 17)  hsl(58, 82%, 38%)  Brass