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Recognised as Colour

#029C8F

  • #029C8F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#029C8F is a cyan with RGB values 2, 156, 143 and HSL 175°, 97%, 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 Light seagreen.

Colour values

#029C8F#029C8F
HEX#029C8F
RGBrgb(2, 156, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6118, 0.5608
RGB percentages0.8%, 61.2%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(174.9, 97.5%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 98.7%, 61.2%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer171,151
CSS custom property--colour: #029C8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#FD6370

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93928Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#828690no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#00A098no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.7Dark cyan · ΔE 10.5Teal · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C020F
Analogous#029C42, #025C9C
Triadic#8F029C, #9C8F02
Split complementary#9C025C, #9C4202
Tetradic#42029C, #9C020F, #5C9C02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DFDF1
Lighter +30%#3BFCEC
Lighter +20%#08FCE7
Lighter +10%#03CEBD
Darker −10%#016A61
Darker −20%#013733
Darker −30%#000505
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009E91
Less saturated −25%#16887F

Channel breakdown

R2
G156
B143
Red2 (0.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue174.94°
Saturation (HSL)97.47%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G 9C · B 8F

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