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Recognised as Colour

#0C998F

  • #0C998F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#0C998F is a cyan with RGB values 12, 153, 143 and HSL 176°, 85%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#0C998F#0C998F
HEX#0C998F
RGBrgb(12, 153, 143)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6, 0.5608
RGB percentages4.7%, 60%, 56.1%
HSLhsl(175.7, 85.5%, 32.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 92.2%, 60%)
CMYK92.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer825,743
CSS custom property--colour: #0C998F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24844WCAG 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 5.97:1
Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#F36670

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90908Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F8390no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009D96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 8.2Light seagreen · ΔE 9.3Teal · ΔE 11.6Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990C16
Analogous#0C9949, #0C5D99
Triadic#8F0C99, #998F0C
Split complementary#990C5D, #99490C
Tetradic#480C99, #990C16, #5C990C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7CF5EC
Lighter +30%#4DF1E5
Lighter +20%#1EEDDF
Lighter +10%#10C8BB
Darker −10%#086A63
Darker −20%#053A37
Darker −30%#010B0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A599
Less saturated −25%#21847D

Channel breakdown

R12
G153
B143
Red12 (4.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue143 (56.1%)
Hue175.74°
Saturation (HSL)85.45%
Lightness32.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 0C · G 99 · B 8F

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