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Colour

#00996D

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

#00996D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 153, 109 and HSL 163°, 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

#00996D#00996D
HEX#00996D
RGBrgb(0, 153, 109)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6, 0.4275
RGB percentages0%, 60%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(162.7, 100%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.7, 100%, 60%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 28.8%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,277
CSS custom property--colour: #00996D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23887WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#FF6692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#968D6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#868270no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.6Light seagreen · ΔE 23.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.2Dark cyan · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99002C
Analogous#009921, #007899
Triadic#6D0099, #996D00
Split complementary#990078, #992100
Tetradic#210099, #99002C, #789900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#66FFD3
Lighter +30%#33FFC4
Lighter +20%#00FFB6
Lighter +10%#00CC91
Darker −10%#006649
Darker −20%#003324
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00996D
Less saturated −25%#138665

Channel breakdown

R0
G153
B109
Red0 (0%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue162.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 99 · B 6D

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