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Colour

#148E8A

  • #148E8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#148E8A is a cyan with RGB values 20, 142, 138 and HSL 178°, 75%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#148E8A#148E8A
HEX#148E8A
RGBrgb(20, 142, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0784, 0.5569, 0.5412
RGB percentages7.8%, 55.7%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(178, 75.3%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178, 85.9%, 55.7%)
CMYK85.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,347,210
CSS custom property--colour: #148E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.27:1
Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.27:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#EB7175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#85868Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#757A8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00928Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 2.6Teal · ΔE 5.9Light seagreen · ΔE 14Cadetblue · ΔE 14Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 2.58, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8E1418
Analogous#148E4D, #14558E
Triadic#8A148E, #8E8A14
Split complementary#8E1455, #8E4D14
Tetradic#4D148E, #8E1418, #558E14

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#81EDEA
Lighter +30%#54E7E2
Lighter +20%#27E1DB
Lighter +10%#1ABBB5
Darker −10%#0E615F
Darker −20%#073533
Darker −30%#010808
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A29D
Less saturated −25%#287A77

Channel breakdown

R20
G142
B138
Red20 (7.8%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue178.03°
Saturation (HSL)75.31%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 14 · G 8E · B 8A

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