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Colour

#00979D

  • #00979D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#00979D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 151, 157 and HSL 182°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#00979D#00979D
HEX#00979D
RGBrgb(0, 151, 157)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5922, 0.6157
RGB percentages0%, 59.2%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(182.3, 100%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 100%, 61.6%)
CMYK100%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,813
CSS custom property--colour: #00979D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FF6862

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B909Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#78829Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.8Teal · ΔE 9.6Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Light seagreen · ΔE 13.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D0600
Analogous#009D55, #00489D
Triadic#9D0097, #979D00
Split complementary#9D0048, #9D5500
Tetradic#55009D, #9D0600, #489D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AF9FF
Lighter +30%#37F7FF
Lighter +20%#04F5FF
Lighter +10%#00C8D0
Darker −10%#00666A
Darker −20%#003537
Darker −30%#000404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00979D
Less saturated −25%#148589

Channel breakdown

R0
G151
B157
Red0 (0%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue182.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 97 · B 9D

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