Recognised as Colour

#007F8B

#007F8B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#007F8B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 127, 139 and HSL 185°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#007F8B#007F8B

HEX#007F8B

RGBrgb(0, 127, 139)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.498, 0.5451

RGB percentages0%, 49.8%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(185.2, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK100%, 8.6%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer32,651

CSS custom property--colour: #007F8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17043WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1

Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#FF8074

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#73798Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Deuteranopia#636E8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Tritanopia#008583no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 7.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 9.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 23.3 Slate grey · ΔE 23.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B0C00

Analogous#008B51, #003A8B

Triadic#8B007F, #7F8B00

Split complementary#8B003A, #8B5100

Tetradic#51008B, #8B0C00, #3A8B00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#58F1FF

Lighter +30%#25ECFF

Lighter +20%#00DCF1

Lighter +10%#00AEBE

Darker −10%#005058

Darker −20%#002225

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#007F8B

Less saturated −25%#11717A

Channel breakdown

G127

B139

Red0 (0%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue185.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 7F · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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