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Recognised as Colour

#009E5E

  • #009E5E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#009E5E is a cyan with RGB values 0, 158, 94 and HSL 156°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#009E5E#009E5E
HEX#009E5E
RGBrgb(0, 158, 94)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6196, 0.3686
RGB percentages0%, 62%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(155.7, 100%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.7, 100%, 62%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 40.5%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,542
CSS custom property--colour: #009E5E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.1 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#FF61A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D905Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E8562no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009C8Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.3 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 8.3Sea green · ΔE 12.8Forest green · ΔE 22.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.9Green · ΔE 28.4Dark green · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E0040
Analogous#009E0F, #008F9E
Triadic#5E009E, #9E5E00
Split complementary#9E008F, #9E0F00
Tetradic#0F009E, #9E0040, #8F9E00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BFFC3
Lighter +30%#38FFAE
Lighter +20%#05FF9A
Lighter +10%#00D17C
Darker −10%#006B40
Darker −20%#003821
Darker −30%#000503
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009E5E
Less saturated −25%#148A5A

Channel breakdown

R0
G158
B94
Red0 (0%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue155.7°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9E · B 5E

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