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Colour

#009C72

  • #009C72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#009C72 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 156, 114 and HSL 164°, 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

#009C72#009C72
HEX#009C72
RGBrgb(0, 156, 114)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6118, 0.4471
RGB percentages0%, 61.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(163.8, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.8, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 26.9%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,050
CSS custom property--colour: #009C72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FF638D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#888475no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009C90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.3Light seagreen · ΔE 22Dark cyan · ΔE 26.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C002A
Analogous#009C24, #00789C
Triadic#72009C, #9C7200
Split complementary#9C0078, #9C2400
Tetradic#24009C, #9C002A, #789C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FFD7
Lighter +30%#36FFC9
Lighter +20%#03FFBB
Lighter +10%#00CF97
Darker −10%#00694D
Darker −20%#003627
Darker −30%#000302
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009C72
Less saturated −25%#148969

Channel breakdown

R0
G156
B114
Red0 (0%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue163.85°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9C · B 72

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