Colour

#008C9D

#008C9D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#008C9D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 140, 157 and HSL 186°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#008C9D#008C9D

HEX#008C9D

RGBrgb(0, 140, 157)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.549, 0.6157

RGB percentages0%, 54.9%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(186.5, 100%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 100%, 61.6%)

CMYK100%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer35,997

CSS custom property--colour: #008C9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1

Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#FF7362

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E869Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C799Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Tritanopia#009391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 10.6 Teal · ΔE 11.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1 Slate grey · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 10.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9D1100

Analogous#009D60, #003D9D

Triadic#9D008C, #8C9D00

Split complementary#9D003D, #9D6000

Tetradic#60009D, #9D1100, #3D9D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6AEFFF

Lighter +30%#37E9FF

Lighter +20%#04E4FF

Lighter +10%#00B9D0

Darker −10%#005F6A

Darker −20%#003137

Darker −30%#000404

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008C9D

Less saturated −25%#147D89

Channel breakdown

G140

B157

Red0 (0%)

Green140 (54.9%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue186.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 8C · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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