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Recognised as Colour

#00979E

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

#00979E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 151, 158 and HSL 183°, 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

#00979E#00979E
HEX#00979E
RGBrgb(0, 151, 158)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5922, 0.6196
RGB percentages0%, 59.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(182.7, 100%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 100%, 62%)
CMYK100%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,814
CSS custom property--colour: #00979E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24602WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.92:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FF6861

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A909Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#78829Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009D99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 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 text5.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.2Teal · ΔE 9.8Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Light seagreen · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 21Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E0700
Analogous#009E56, #00489E
Triadic#9E0097, #979E00
Split complementary#9E0048, #9E5600
Tetradic#56009E, #9E0700, #489E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BF8FF
Lighter +30%#38F6FF
Lighter +20%#05F4FF
Lighter +10%#00C8D1
Darker −10%#00666B
Darker −20%#003638
Darker −30%#000505
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00979E
Less saturated −25%#14858A

Channel breakdown

R0
G151
B158
Red0 (0%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue182.66°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 97 · B 9E

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