HEX Color #00AFC5 (Darkturquoise)

About #00AFC5

Visually, #00AFC5 is defined as a vivid cyan. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Darkturquoise. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(0, 175, 197).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 100% cyan and 11% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 186.7° hue, 100.0% saturation, and 38.6% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#00AFC5

RGB0, 175, 197

HSL186.7°, 100.0%, 38.6%

CMYK100%, 11%, 0%, 23%

HSV186.7°, 100.0%, 77.3%

LAB65.5, -29.2, -21.8

XYZ25.4, 34.7, 58.2

Decimal44997

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#00AFC5 #C51500

Analogous

#00C578 #004CC5

Triadic

#C500AF #AFC500

Tetradic

#7800C5 #C51500 #4CC500

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#00AFC5

#1CB7CB

#38C0D1

#55C9D8

#71D2DE

#8DDBE5

#AAE4EB

#C6EDF2

#E2F6F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#00AFC5

#009BAF

#008899

#007483

#00616D

#004D57

#003A41

#00262B

#001315

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.65:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.94:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.53:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.75:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #00AFC5; }

.text-color { color: #00AFC5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #00AFC5; }

Similar Colors

Darkturquoise

#00CED1