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Recognised as Colour

#008E5C

  • #008E5C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#008E5C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 142, 92 and HSL 159°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#008E5C#008E5C
HEX#008E5C
RGBrgb(0, 142, 92)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5569, 0.3608
RGB percentages0%, 55.7%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(158.9, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.9, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 35.2%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,444
CSS custom property--colour: #008E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#FF71A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C8259no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E785Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Tritanopia#008D81no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 5.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.4Forest green · ΔE 27.7Light seagreen · ΔE 28.7Dark green · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E0032
Analogous#008E15, #00798E
Triadic#5C008E, #8E5C00
Split complementary#8E0079, #8E1500
Tetradic#15008E, #8E0032, #798E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5BFFC5
Lighter +30%#28FFB3
Lighter +20%#00F49E
Lighter +10%#00C17D
Darker −10%#005B3B
Darker −20%#00281A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008E5C
Less saturated −25%#127C57

Channel breakdown

R0
G142
B92
Red0 (0%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue158.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8E · B 5C

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