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Colour

#008D8A

  • #008D8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#008D8A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 141, 138 and HSL 179°, 100%, 28%. 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

#008D8A#008D8A
HEX#008D8A
RGBrgb(0, 141, 138)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5529, 0.5412
RGB percentages0%, 55.3%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(178.7, 100%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 100%, 55.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,234
CSS custom property--colour: #008D8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.18:1
Contrast with white4.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.18:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#FF7275

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83858Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#73798Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00928Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 2.1Teal · ΔE 5.6Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 2.06, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8D0003
Analogous#008D43, #004A8D
Triadic#8A008D, #8D8A00
Split complementary#8D004A, #8D4300
Tetradic#43008D, #8D0003, #4A8D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5AFFFB
Lighter +30%#27FFFA
Lighter +20%#00F3EE
Lighter +10%#00C0BC
Darker −10%#005A58
Darker −20%#002726
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008D8A
Less saturated −25%#127B79

Channel breakdown

R0
G141
B138
Red0 (0%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue178.72°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8D · B 8A

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