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Recognised as Colour

#009D9D

  • #009D9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#009D9D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 157, 157 and HSL 180°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#009D9D#009D9D
HEX#009D9D
RGBrgb(0, 157, 157)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6157, 0.6157
RGB percentages0%, 61.6%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(180, 100%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 100%, 61.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,349
CSS custom property--colour: #009D9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26548WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.31:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#FF6262

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#92959Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F879Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A29Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 7Light seagreen · ΔE 9Teal · ΔE 11.4Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D0000
Analogous#009D4F, #004F9D
Triadic#9D009D, #9D9D00
Split complementary#9D004F, #9D4F00
Tetradic#4F009D, #9D0000, #4F9D00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AFFFF
Lighter +30%#37FFFF
Lighter +20%#04FFFF
Lighter +10%#00D0D0
Darker −10%#006A6A
Darker −20%#003737
Darker −30%#000404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009D9D
Less saturated −25%#148989

Channel breakdown

R0
G157
B157
Red0 (0%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9D · B 9D

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