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Colour

#009F87

  • #009F87
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#009F87 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 159, 135 and HSL 171°, 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 Light seagreen.

Colour values

#009F87#009F87
HEX#009F87
RGBrgb(0, 159, 135)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6235, 0.5294
RGB percentages0%, 62.4%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(170.9, 100%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.9, 100%, 62.4%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 15.1%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,839
CSS custom property--colour: #009F87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.1 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#7B7B7B
Inverted#FF6078

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989486no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#878889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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

Light seagreen · ΔE 12Dark cyan · ΔE 16.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.2Sea green · ΔE 18.8Teal · ΔE 19.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F0018
Analogous#009F37, #00689F
Triadic#87009F, #9F8700
Split complementary#9F0068, #9F3700
Tetradic#38009F, #9F0018, #689F00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6CFFE9
Lighter +30%#39FFE1
Lighter +20%#06FFD9
Lighter +10%#00D2B2
Darker −10%#006C5C
Darker −20%#003930
Darker −30%#000605
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009F87
Less saturated −25%#148B79

Channel breakdown

R0
G159
B135
Red0 (0%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue170.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9F · B 87

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