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Recognised as Colour

#009C89

  • #009C89
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#009C89 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 156, 137 and HSL 173°, 100%, 31%. 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

#009C89#009C89
HEX#009C89
RGBrgb(0, 156, 137)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6118, 0.5373
RGB percentages0%, 61.2%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(172.7, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 12.2%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,073
CSS custom property--colour: #009C89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.12:1
Contrast with white3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.12:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FF6376

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#959288no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#84858Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.5Dark cyan · ΔE 13.6Teal · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.8Sea green · ΔE 20.8Cadetblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C0013
Analogous#009C3B, #00619C
Triadic#89009C, #9C8900
Split complementary#9C0061, #9C3B00
Tetradic#3B009C, #9C0013, #619C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FFED
Lighter +30%#36FFE7
Lighter +20%#03FFE0
Lighter +10%#00CFB6
Darker −10%#00695C
Darker −20%#00362F
Darker −30%#000303
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009C89
Less saturated −25%#14897A

Channel breakdown

R0
G156
B137
Red0 (0%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue172.69°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9C · B 89

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