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Colour

#00959F

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

#00959F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 149, 159 and HSL 184°, 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

#00959F#00959F
HEX#00959F
RGBrgb(0, 149, 159)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5843, 0.6235
RGB percentages0%, 58.4%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(183.8, 100%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 100%, 62.4%)
CMYK100%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,303
CSS custom property--colour: #00959F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.8:1
Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#FF6A60

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#888EA0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#76819Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009C98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 7.1Teal · ΔE 10Cadetblue · ΔE 12.8Light seagreen · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F0A00
Analogous#009F5A, #00459F
Triadic#9F0095, #959F00
Split complementary#9F0045, #9F5A00
Tetradic#5A009F, #9F0A00, #459F00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6CF6FF
Lighter +30%#39F3FF
Lighter +20%#06EFFF
Lighter +10%#00C5D2
Darker −10%#00656C
Darker −20%#003539
Darker −30%#000606
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00959F
Less saturated −25%#14848B

Channel breakdown

R0
G149
B159
Red0 (0%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue183.77°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 95 · B 9F

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