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Recognised as Colour

#0096AE

  • #0096AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#0096AE is a cyan with RGB values 0, 150, 174 and HSL 188°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#0096AE#0096AE
HEX#0096AE
RGBrgb(0, 150, 174)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5882, 0.6824
RGB percentages0%, 58.8%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(188.3, 100%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 100%, 68.2%)
CMYK100%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,574
CSS custom property--colour: #0096AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.97:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FF6951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8591AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7183AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009F9Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 15.1Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Teal · ΔE 16.6Light seagreen · ΔE 22.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Sky blue · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE1800
Analogous#00AE6F, #003FAE
Triadic#AE0096, #96AE00
Split complementary#AE003F, #AE6F00
Tetradic#6F00AE, #AE1800, #3FAE00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BEDFF
Lighter +30%#48E6FF
Lighter +20%#15DFFF
Lighter +10%#00C2E1
Darker −10%#006A7B
Darker −20%#003E48
Darker −30%#001215
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0096AE
Less saturated −25%#168698

Channel breakdown

R0
G150
B174
Red0 (0%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue188.28°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 96 · B AE

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