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#18AFA2

#18afa2 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#18afa2 is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 68.63% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.29% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 174.83°, with 75.88% saturation and 39.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.11.

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Relative luminance0.3346

Complementary

  1. #18afa2
  2. #af1825

Split complementary

  1. #18afa2
  2. #af1871
  3. #af5618

Analogous

  1. #18af56
  2. #18afa2
  3. #1871af

Triadic

  1. #18afa2
  2. #a218af
  3. #afa218

Tetradic

  1. #18afa2
  2. #1825af
  3. #af1825
  4. #afa218

Square

  1. #18afa2
  2. #5618af
  3. #af1825
  4. #71af18

Monochromatic

  1. #062825
  2. #0f6c64
  3. #18afa2
  4. #31e3d3
  5. #74ece2

Shades

#18afa2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18afa2
  2. #169e92
  3. #138c82
  4. #117b71
  5. #0e6961
  6. #0c5851
  7. #0a4641
  8. #073531
  9. #052320
  10. #021210
  11. #000000

Tints

#18afa2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18afa2
  2. #2fb7ab
  3. #46bfb5
  4. #5dc7be
  5. #74cfc7
  6. #8cd7d1
  7. #a3dfda
  8. #bae7e3
  9. #d1efec
  10. #e8f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18afa2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18afa2
  2. #22aa9f
  3. #2da69b
  4. #37a198
  5. #429c94
  6. #4c9891
  7. #56938e
  8. #618e8a
  9. #6b8987
  10. #768583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a5a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9397a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a9a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75a1a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18afa2 {
  color: #18afa2;
}
Background
.bg-18afa2 {
  background-color: #18afa2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18afa2 {
  border: 2px solid #18afa2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18afa2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 175 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 76% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18afa2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18afa2, #1871af);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18afa2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 175 162 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.11 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 3.65 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.04 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.36 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.83 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.26 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.75 #e7505d Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#18afa2  rgb(24, 175, 162)  hsl(175, 76%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#af1825  rgb(175, 24, 37)  hsl(355, 76%, 39%)  Brown
#a218af  rgb(162, 24, 175)  hsl(295, 76%, 39%)  Dark Orchid
#afa218  rgb(175, 162, 24)  hsl(55, 76%, 39%)  Brass