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Recognised as Colour

#00809B

  • #00809B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#00809B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 128, 155 and HSL 190°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#00809B#00809B
HEX#00809B
RGBrgb(0, 128, 155)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.502, 0.6078
RGB percentages0%, 50.2%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(190.5, 100%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 100%, 60.8%)
CMYK100%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer32,923
CSS custom property--colour: #00809B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1
Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#FF7F64

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6F7C9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E709Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008989no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 17.1Dark cyan · ΔE 17.9Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4Slate grey · ΔE 21.6Light slate grey · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 17.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B1B00
Analogous#009B69, #00329B
Triadic#9B0080, #809B00
Split complementary#9B0032, #9B6800
Tetradic#69009B, #9B1B00, #339B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#68E5FF
Lighter +30%#35DCFF
Lighter +20%#02D3FF
Lighter +10%#00AACE
Darker −10%#005668
Darker −20%#002C35
Darker −30%#000202
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00809B
Less saturated −25%#137388

Channel breakdown

R0
G128
B155
Red0 (0%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue190.45°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 80 · B 9B

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