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#18AFA4

#18afa4 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#18afa4 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 68.63% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.29% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.29% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 175.63°, with 75.88% saturation and 39.02% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.49.

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Relative luminance0.3353

Complementary

  1. #18afa4
  2. #af1823

Split complementary

  1. #18afa4
  2. #af186e
  3. #af5918

Analogous

  1. #18af59
  2. #18afa4
  3. #186eaf

Triadic

  1. #18afa4
  2. #a418af
  3. #afa418

Tetradic

  1. #18afa4
  2. #1823af
  3. #af1823
  4. #afa418

Square

  1. #18afa4
  2. #5918af
  3. #af1823
  4. #6eaf18

Monochromatic

  1. #062826
  2. #0f6c65
  3. #18afa4
  4. #31e3d6
  5. #74ece3

Shades

#18afa4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18afa4
  2. #169e94
  3. #138c83
  4. #117b73
  5. #0e6962
  6. #0c5852
  7. #0a4642
  8. #073531
  9. #052321
  10. #021210
  11. #000000

Tints

#18afa4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18afa4
  2. #2fb7ad
  3. #46bfb6
  4. #5dc7bf
  5. #74cfc8
  6. #8cd7d2
  7. #a3dfdb
  8. #bae7e4
  9. #d1efed
  10. #e8f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18afa4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18afa4
  2. #22aaa0
  3. #2da69d
  4. #37a199
  5. #429c96
  6. #4c9892
  7. #56938e
  8. #618e8b
  9. #6b8987
  10. #768584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da4a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a5a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9297a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a9a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74a1a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18afa4 {
  color: #18afa4;
}
Background
.bg-18afa4 {
  background-color: #18afa4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18afa4 {
  border: 2px solid #18afa4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18afa4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 175 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 76% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18afa4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18afa4, #186eaf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18afa4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 175 164 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.49 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.50 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.87 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 4.16 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.54 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.87 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.56 #e7505b Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#18afa4  rgb(24, 175, 164)  hsl(176, 76%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#af1823  rgb(175, 24, 35)  hsl(356, 76%, 39%)  Firebrick
#a418af  rgb(164, 24, 175)  hsl(296, 76%, 39%)  Dark Orchid
#afa418  rgb(175, 164, 24)  hsl(56, 76%, 39%)  Brass