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Colour

#039A8A

  • #039A8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#039A8A is a cyan with RGB values 3, 154, 138 and HSL 174°, 96%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#039A8A#039A8A
HEX#039A8A
RGBrgb(3, 154, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.6039, 0.5412
RGB percentages1.2%, 60.4%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(173.6, 96.2%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 98.1%, 60.4%)
CMYK98.1%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer236,170
CSS custom property--colour: #039A8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FC6575

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929089no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#81848Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009D95no 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 text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Dark cyan · ΔE 11.6Teal · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A0313
Analogous#039A3E, #035F9A
Triadic#8A039A, #9A8A03
Split complementary#9A035F, #9A3E03
Tetradic#3E039A, #9A0313, #5F9A03

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DFCED
Lighter +30%#3BFBE7
Lighter +20%#09FAE1
Lighter +10%#04CCB7
Darker −10%#02685D
Darker −20%#013630
Darker −30%#000404
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009D8C
Less saturated −25%#17867B

Channel breakdown

R3
G154
B138
Red3 (1.2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue173.64°
Saturation (HSL)96.18%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G 9A · B 8A

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