Colour

#008E9D

#008E9D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#008E9D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 142, 157 and HSL 186°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#008E9D#008E9D

HEX#008E9D

RGBrgb(0, 142, 157)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5569, 0.6157

RGB percentages0%, 55.7%, 61.6%

HSLhsl(185.7, 100%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 100%, 61.6%)

CMYK100%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer36,509

CSS custom property--colour: #008E9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#FF7162

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#80889Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E7B9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#009592no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.3 Teal · ΔE 10.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.7 Slate grey · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.32, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9D0F00

Analogous#009D5E, #003F9D

Triadic#9D008E, #8E9D00

Split complementary#9D003F, #9D5E00

Tetradic#5E009D, #9D0F00, #3F9D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6AF1FF

Lighter +30%#37ECFF

Lighter +20%#04E7FF

Lighter +10%#00BCD0

Darker −10%#00606A

Darker −20%#003237

Darker −30%#000404

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#008E9D

Less saturated −25%#147E89

Channel breakdown

G142

B157

Red0 (0%)

Green142 (55.7%)

Blue157 (61.6%)

Hue185.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 8E · B 9D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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