What color is #00AF9F?

#00AF9F is a dark, vivid spring green known as Billiard. It belongs to the teal family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Billiard?

The RGB value is 0, 175, 159: 0 red, 175 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Billiard?

The complementary color is #AF0010, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #00AF9F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.63:1 and white text 2.75:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Billiard color: hex code #00AF9F

#00AF9F rgb(0, 175, 159)

Shades of teal

Billiard has the hex code #00AF9F. It is a dark, vivid spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 0% red, 68.6% green and 62.4% blue (0, 175, 159).

Its hue angle is 175°, with 100% saturation and 34% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 31% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.63:1).

Billiard (#00AF9F) color codes

HEX	`#00AF9F`
RGB	`rgb(0, 175, 159)`
RGB percent	`rgb(0%, 68.6%, 62.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(175, 100%, 34%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(175, 100%, 69%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 0%, 9%, 31%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.29, -41.03, -2.45)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.29, 41.1, 183.42)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.585, 33.16, 38.057)`
Decimal	`44959`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Billiard, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #00AF9F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.63:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.75:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#00AF9F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.75:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.63:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #00AF9F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #00af9f; }
.text { color: #00af9f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00af9f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(0 175 159 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #00af9f, #0067af); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #00AF9F on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #00AF9F?: #00AF9F is a dark, vivid spring green known as Billiard. It belongs to the teal family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Billiard?: The RGB value is 0, 175, 159: 0 red, 175 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Billiard?: The complementary color is #AF0010, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #00AF9F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.63:1 and white text 2.75:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.