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Recognised as Colour

#009E5C

  • #009E5C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#009E5C is a cyan with RGB values 0, 158, 92 and HSL 155°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#009E5C#009E5C
HEX#009E5C
RGBrgb(0, 158, 92)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6196, 0.3608
RGB percentages0%, 62%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(154.9, 100%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.9, 100%, 62%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 41.8%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,540
CSS custom property--colour: #009E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.05:1
Contrast with white3.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.05:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FF61A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9057no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E8561no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009C8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.47:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.4Sea green · ΔE 13.4Forest green · ΔE 21.3Green · ΔE 27.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.7Dark green · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E0042
Analogous#009E0D, #00919E
Triadic#5C009E, #9E5C00
Split complementary#9E0091, #9E0D00
Tetradic#0D009E, #9E0042, #919E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BFFC1
Lighter +30%#38FFAC
Lighter +20%#05FF97
Lighter +10%#00D17A
Darker −10%#006B3E
Darker −20%#003821
Darker −30%#000503
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009E5C
Less saturated −25%#148A59

Channel breakdown

R0
G158
B92
Red0 (0%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue154.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9E · B 5C

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