Colour

#00685F

#00685F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#00685F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 104, 95 and HSL 175°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#00685F#00685F

HEX#00685F

RGBrgb(0, 104, 95)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.4078, 0.3725

RGB percentages0%, 40.8%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(174.8, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.8, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 8.7%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer26,719

CSS custom property--colour: #00685F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.68:1

Contrast with white6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#FF97A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#62615Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#565860no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#006B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 11.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 15 Dark slate grey · ΔE 18 Cadetblue · ΔE 24.1 Sea green · ΔE 28.2 Dim grey · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#680009

Analogous#00682B, #003D68

Triadic#5F0068, #685F00

Split complementary#68003D, #682B00

Tetradic#2B0068, #680009, #3D6800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#35FFEE

Lighter +30%#02FFE9

Lighter +20%#00CEBC

Lighter +10%#009B8E

Darker −10%#003530

Darker −20%#000202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00685F

Less saturated −25%#0D5B54

Channel breakdown

G104

B95

Red0 (0%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue174.81°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 68 · B 5F

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