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Recognised as Colour

#009C55

  • #009C55
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#009C55 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 156, 85 and HSL 153°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#009C55#009C55
HEX#009C55
RGBrgb(0, 156, 85)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6118, 0.3333
RGB percentages0%, 61.2%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(152.7, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 45.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,021
CSS custom property--colour: #009C55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24433WCAG 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 5.89:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.89:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#FF63AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C8E50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D835Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#009A8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 9.9Sea green · ΔE 14.9Forest green · ΔE 18.5Green · ΔE 24.6Dark green · ΔE 26.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C0047
Analogous#009C07, #00959C
Triadic#55009C, #9C5500
Split complementary#9C0095, #9C0700
Tetradic#07009C, #9C0047, #959C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FFBB
Lighter +30%#36FFA4
Lighter +20%#03FF8C
Lighter +10%#00CF71
Darker −10%#006939
Darker −20%#00361D
Darker −30%#000302
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009C55
Less saturated −25%#148953

Channel breakdown

R0
G156
B85
Red0 (0%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue152.69°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9C · B 55

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