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Recognised as Colour

#00879F

  • #00879F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#00879F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 135, 159 and HSL 189°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#00879F#00879F
HEX#00879F
RGBrgb(0, 135, 159)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5294, 0.6235
RGB percentages0%, 52.9%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(189.1, 100%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 100%, 62.4%)
CMYK100%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer34,719
CSS custom property--colour: #00879F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.97:1
Contrast with white4.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#FF7860

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7782A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#65759Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#008F8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.23:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 15.1Dark cyan · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Slate grey · ΔE 22.5Light slate grey · ΔE 22.6
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F1800
Analogous#009F68, #00379F
Triadic#9F0087, #879F00
Split complementary#9F0038, #9F6800
Tetradic#68009F, #9F1800, #379F00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6CE9FF
Lighter +30%#39E1FF
Lighter +20%#06D9FF
Lighter +10%#00B2D2
Darker −10%#005C6C
Darker −20%#003039
Darker −30%#000506
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00879F
Less saturated −25%#14798B

Channel breakdown

R0
G135
B159
Red0 (0%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue189.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 87 · B 9F

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