Colour

#00988B

#00988B
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#00988B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 152, 139 and HSL 175°, 100%, 30%. 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

#00988B#00988B

HEX#00988B

RGBrgb(0, 152, 139)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5961, 0.5451

RGB percentages0%, 59.6%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(174.9, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer39,051

CSS custom property--colour: #00988B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#FF6774

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#908E8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F828Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Tritanopia#009C94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1 Teal · ΔE 12.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#98000D

Analogous#00983F, #005998

Triadic#8B0098, #988B00

Split complementary#980059, #983F00

Tetradic#3F0098, #98000D, #599800

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#65FFF2

Lighter +30%#32FFED

Lighter +20%#00FEE8

Lighter +10%#00CBBA

Darker −10%#00655C

Darker −20%#00322E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00988B

Less saturated −25%#13857B

Channel breakdown

G152

B139

Red0 (0%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue174.87°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 98 · B 8B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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