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Recognised as Colour

#009A87

  • #009A87
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#009A87 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 154, 135 and HSL 173°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#009A87#009A87
HEX#009A87
RGBrgb(0, 154, 135)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6039, 0.5294
RGB percentages0%, 60.4%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(172.6, 100%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 100%, 60.4%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,559
CSS custom property--colour: #009A87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.97:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FF6578

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939086no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#828389no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.1Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2Teal · ΔE 15.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.4Sea green · ΔE 20.5Cadetblue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A0013
Analogous#009A3A, #00609A
Triadic#87009A, #9A8700
Split complementary#9A0060, #9A3A00
Tetradic#3A009A, #9A0013, #609A00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#67FFEC
Lighter +30%#34FFE6
Lighter +20%#01FFE0
Lighter +10%#00CDB4
Darker −10%#00675A
Darker −20%#00342E
Darker −30%#000101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009A87
Less saturated −25%#138779

Channel breakdown

R0
G154
B135
Red0 (0%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue172.6°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9A · B 87

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