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Colour

#00996B

  • #00996B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#00996B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 153, 107 and HSL 162°, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#00996B#00996B
HEX#00996B
RGBrgb(0, 153, 107)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6, 0.4196
RGB percentages0%, 60%, 42%
HSLhsl(162, 100%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162, 100%, 60%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 30.1%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,275
CSS custom property--colour: #00996B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#FF6694

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#968D68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#87816Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22Light seagreen · ΔE 24.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.4Dark cyan · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.15, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99002E
Analogous#00991F, #007A99
Triadic#6B0099, #996B00
Split complementary#99007A, #991F00
Tetradic#1F0099, #99002E, #7A9900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#66FFD1
Lighter +30%#33FFC2
Lighter +20%#00FFB2
Lighter +10%#00CC8F
Darker −10%#006647
Darker −20%#003324
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00996B
Less saturated −25%#138663

Channel breakdown

R0
G153
B107
Red0 (0%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue161.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 99 · B 6B

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