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Recognised as Colour

#009C69

  • #009C69
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#009C69 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 156, 105 and HSL 160°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#009C69#009C69
HEX#009C69
RGBrgb(0, 156, 105)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6118, 0.4118
RGB percentages0%, 61.2%, 41.2%
HSLhsl(160.4, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.4, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 32.7%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,041
CSS custom property--colour: #009C69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FF6396

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8F66no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A846Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009C8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 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 text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.7Light seagreen · ΔE 27Dark seagreen · ΔE 28Forest green · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C0033
Analogous#009C1B, #00819C
Triadic#69009C, #9C6900
Split complementary#9C0081, #9C1B00
Tetradic#1B009C, #9C0033, #819C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FFCE
Lighter +30%#36FFBD
Lighter +20%#03FFAD
Lighter +10%#00CF8B
Darker −10%#006947
Darker −20%#003624
Darker −30%#000302
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009C69
Less saturated −25%#148962

Channel breakdown

R0
G156
B105
Red0 (0%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue105 (41.2%)
Hue160.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9C · B 69

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