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Recognised as Colour

#009C6B

  • #009C6B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#009C6B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 156, 107 and HSL 161°, 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

#009C6B#009C6B
HEX#009C6B
RGBrgb(0, 156, 107)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6118, 0.4196
RGB percentages0%, 61.2%, 42%
HSLhsl(161.2, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 31.4%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,043
CSS custom property--colour: #009C6B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 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#777777
Inverted#FF6394

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998F68no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A846Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009C8Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 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

Sea green · ΔE 9.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22Light seagreen · ΔE 25.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.7Forest green · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C0031
Analogous#009C1D, #007F9C
Triadic#6B009C, #9C6B00
Split complementary#9C007F, #9C1D00
Tetradic#1D009C, #9C0031, #7F9C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FFD0
Lighter +30%#36FFC0
Lighter +20%#03FFB0
Lighter +10%#00CF8E
Darker −10%#006948
Darker −20%#003625
Darker −30%#000302
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009C6B
Less saturated −25%#148964

Channel breakdown

R0
G156
B107
Red0 (0%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue107 (42%)
Hue161.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9C · B 6B

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