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Recognised as Colour

#00959D

  • #00959D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#00959D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 149, 157 and HSL 183°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#00959D#00959D
HEX#00959D
RGBrgb(0, 149, 157)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5843, 0.6157
RGB percentages0%, 58.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(183.1, 100%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.1, 100%, 61.6%)
CMYK100%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,301
CSS custom property--colour: #00959D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23929WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#FF6A62

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888E9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#76819Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009B97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.1Teal · ΔE 9.4Cadetblue · ΔE 12.8Light seagreen · ΔE 14.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D0800
Analogous#009D56, #00479D
Triadic#9D0095, #959D00
Split complementary#9D0047, #9D5600
Tetradic#56009D, #9D0800, #479D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AF7FF
Lighter +30%#37F5FF
Lighter +20%#04F2FF
Lighter +10%#00C5D0
Darker −10%#00656A
Darker −20%#003437
Darker −30%#000404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00959D
Less saturated −25%#148389

Channel breakdown

R0
G149
B157
Red0 (0%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue183.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 95 · B 9D

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