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Colour

#009B8B

  • #009B8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#009B8B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 155, 139 and HSL 174°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#009B8B#009B8B
HEX#009B8B
RGBrgb(0, 155, 139)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6078, 0.5451
RGB percentages0%, 60.8%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(173.8, 100%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 100%, 60.8%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,819
CSS custom property--colour: #009B8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.06:1
Contrast with white3.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FF6474

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93918Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#82858Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.46:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.8Dark cyan · ΔE 11.8Teal · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B0010
Analogous#009B3D, #005E9B
Triadic#8B009B, #9B8B00
Split complementary#9B005E, #9B3D00
Tetradic#3D009B, #9B0010, #5E9B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#68FFEF
Lighter +30%#35FFEA
Lighter +20%#02FFE5
Lighter +10%#00CEB9
Darker −10%#00685D
Darker −20%#003530
Darker −30%#000202
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009B8B
Less saturated −25%#13887C

Channel breakdown

R0
G155
B139
Red0 (0%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue173.81°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9B · B 8B

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