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Recognised as Colour

#0C9891

  • #0C9891
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#0C9891 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 152, 145 and HSL 177°, 85%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#0C9891#0C9891
HEX#0C9891
RGBrgb(12, 152, 145)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.5961, 0.5686
RGB percentages4.7%, 59.6%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(177, 85.4%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 92.1%, 59.6%)
CMYK92.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer825,489
CSS custom property--colour: #0C9891;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.92:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#F3676E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8F91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E8392no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009C96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.6Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Teal · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.62, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#980C13
Analogous#0C984B, #0C5998
Triadic#910C98, #98910C
Split complementary#980C59, #984B0C
Tetradic#4B0C98, #980C13, #59980C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BF5EF
Lighter +30%#4CF1E9
Lighter +20%#1DEDE3
Lighter +10%#10C7BE
Darker −10%#086964
Darker −20%#053937
Darker −30%#010A0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A49C
Less saturated −25%#20847F

Channel breakdown

R12
G152
B145
Red12 (4.7%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue177°
Saturation (HSL)85.37%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G 98 · B 91

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