Recognised as Colour
#008E6D
- #008E6D
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Sea green
#008E6D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 142, 109 and HSL 166°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.
Colour values
#008E6D#008E6D
HEX#008E6D
RGBrgb(0, 142, 109)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5569, 0.4275
RGB percentages0%, 55.7%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(166.1, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.1, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 23.2%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,461
CSS custom property--colour: #008E6D;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.2045WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#FF7192
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8E0021
Analogous#008E26, #00688E
Triadic#6D008E, #8E6D00
Split complementary#8E0068, #8E2600
Tetradic#26008E, #8E0021, #688E00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G142
B109
Red0 (0%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue166.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8E · B 6D
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