Recognised as Colour

#009F75

#009F75
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sea green

#009F75 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 159, 117 and HSL 164°, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#009F75#009F75

HEX#009F75

RGBrgb(0, 159, 117)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.6235, 0.4588

RGB percentages0%, 62.4%, 45.9%

HSLhsl(164.2, 100%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164.2, 100%, 62.4%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 26.4%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer40,821

CSS custom property--colour: #009F75;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A

Inverted#FF608A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9B9373no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B8778no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Tritanopia#009F93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.9 Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 21.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9F002A

Analogous#009F26, #00799F

Triadic#75009F, #9F7500

Split complementary#9F0079, #9F2500

Tetradic#26009F, #9F002A, #7A9F00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#6CFFD8

Lighter +30%#39FFCB

Lighter +20%#06FFBD

Lighter +10%#00D29B

Darker −10%#006C4F

Darker −20%#00392A

Darker −30%#000604

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#009F75

Less saturated −25%#148B6C

Channel breakdown

G159

B117

Red0 (0%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue117 (45.9%)

Hue164.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 9F · B 75

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