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Colour

#009D8A

  • #009D8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#009D8A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 157, 138 and HSL 173°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#009D8A#009D8A
HEX#009D8A
RGBrgb(0, 157, 138)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6157, 0.5412
RGB percentages0%, 61.6%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(172.7, 100%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 100%, 61.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,330
CSS custom property--colour: #009D8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.19:1
Contrast with white3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#FF6275

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969389no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#84868Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A097no 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 text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3Dark cyan · ΔE 13.8Teal · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.8Sea green · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D0013
Analogous#009D3B, #00629D
Triadic#8A009D, #9D8A00
Split complementary#9D0061, #9D3C00
Tetradic#3C009D, #9D0013, #629D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AFFED
Lighter +30%#37FFE7
Lighter +20%#04FFE1
Lighter +10%#00D0B7
Darker −10%#006A5D
Darker −20%#003730
Darker −30%#000404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009D8A
Less saturated −25%#14897B

Channel breakdown

R0
G157
B138
Red0 (0%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue172.74°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9D · B 8A

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