Colour

#00969A

#00969A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#00969A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 150, 154 and HSL 182°, 100%, 30%. 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

#00969A#00969A

HEX#00969A

RGBrgb(0, 150, 154)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5882, 0.6039

RGB percentages0%, 58.8%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(181.6, 100%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.6, 100%, 60.4%)

CMYK100%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer38,554

CSS custom property--colour: #00969A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.83:1

Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#FF6965

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8A8E9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#78819Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original

Tritanopia#009C97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 4.8 Teal · ΔE 8.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 4.82, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9A0400

Analogous#009A51, #00499A

Triadic#9A0096, #969A00

Split complementary#9A0049, #9A5100

Tetradic#51009A, #9A0400, #499A00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#67FBFF

Lighter +30%#34FAFF

Lighter +20%#01F8FF

Lighter +10%#00C8CD

Darker −10%#006467

Darker −20%#003334

Darker −30%#000101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00969A

Less saturated −25%#138487

Channel breakdown

G150

B154

Red0 (0%)

Green150 (58.8%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue181.56°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 96 · B 9A

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