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Recognised as Colour

#01AC9B

  • #01AC9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#01AC9B is a cyan with RGB values 1, 172, 155 and HSL 174°, 99%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#01AC9B#01AC9B
HEX#01AC9B
RGBrgb(1, 172, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.0039, 0.6745, 0.6078
RGB percentages0.4%, 67.5%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(174, 98.8%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 99.4%, 67.5%)
CMYK99.4%, 0%, 9.9%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer109,723
CSS custom property--colour: #01AC9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#FE5364

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A19Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#90939Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2Dark cyan · ΔE 16.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC0112
Analogous#01AC45, #0168AC
Triadic#9B01AC, #AC9B01
Split complementary#AC0168, #AC4601
Tetradic#4501AC, #AC0112, #68AC01

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BFEF1
Lighter +30%#48FEEC
Lighter +20%#15FEE7
Lighter +10%#01DFC9
Darker −10%#01796D
Darker −20%#004740
Darker −30%#001412
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AD9C
Less saturated −25%#17968A

Channel breakdown

R1
G172
B155
Red1 (0.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue174.04°
Saturation (HSL)98.84%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 01 · G AC · B 9B

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