Colour

#00738B

#00738B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#00738B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 115, 139 and HSL 190°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#00738B#00738B

HEX#00738B

RGBrgb(0, 115, 139)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.451, 0.5451

RGB percentages0%, 45.1%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(190.4, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.4, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK100%, 17.3%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer29,579

CSS custom property--colour: #00738B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.49:1

Contrast with white5.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#FF8C74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#646F8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#54648Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Tritanopia#007B7Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 16.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.8 Steel blue · ΔE 19.9 Slate grey · ΔE 20.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 16.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B1800

Analogous#008B5D, #002E8B

Triadic#8B0073, #738B00

Split complementary#8B002E, #8B5D00

Tetradic#5D008B, #8B1800, #2E8B00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#58E2FF

Lighter +30%#25D9FF

Lighter +20%#00C7F1

Lighter +10%#009DBE

Darker −10%#004958

Darker −20%#001F25

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00738B

Less saturated −25%#11687A

Channel breakdown

G115

B139

Red0 (0%)

Green115 (45.1%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue190.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 73 · B 8B

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Colour values

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