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Recognised as Colour

#0C9970

  • #0C9970
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#0C9970 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 153, 112 and HSL 163°, 85%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#0C9970#0C9970
HEX#0C9970
RGBrgb(12, 153, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6, 0.4392
RGB percentages4.7%, 60%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(162.6, 85.5%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.6, 92.2%, 60%)
CMYK92.2%, 0%, 26.8%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer825,712
CSS custom property--colour: #0C9970;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#F3668F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#958D6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#868273no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 10Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Light seagreen · ΔE 21.8Dark cyan · ΔE 25.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 10.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990C35
Analogous#0C9929, #0C7C99
Triadic#700C99, #99700C
Split complementary#990C7C, #99290C
Tetradic#290C99, #990C35, #7C990C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CF5D2
Lighter +30%#4DF1C1
Lighter +20%#1EEDB1
Lighter +10%#10C893
Darker −10%#086A4D
Darker −20%#053A2B
Darker −30%#010B08
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A575
Less saturated −25%#218467

Channel breakdown

R12
G153
B112
Red12 (4.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue162.55°
Saturation (HSL)85.45%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G 99 · B 70

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