Colour

#179E8A

#179E8A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#179E8A is a cyan with RGB values 23, 158, 138 and HSL 171°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#179E8A#179E8A

HEX#179E8A

RGBrgb(23, 158, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.0902, 0.6196, 0.5412

RGB percentages9%, 62%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(171.1, 74.6%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 85.4%, 62%)

CMYK85.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,547,914

CSS custom property--colour: #179E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1

Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#808080

Inverted#E86175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#979489no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Deuteranopia#86888Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 14 Teal · ΔE 16.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8 Sea green · ΔE 20.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#9E172B

Analogous#179E46, #176F9E

Triadic#8A179E, #9E8A17

Split complementary#9E176F, #9E4617

Tetradic#46179E, #9E172B, #6F9E17

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#92EFE1

Lighter +30%#65E9D5

Lighter +20%#39E2C9

Lighter +10%#1DCBB1

Darker −10%#117163

Darker −20%#0A453C

Darker −30%#041815

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B59A

Less saturated −25%#2E877A

Channel breakdown

R23

G158

B138

Red23 (9%)

Green158 (62%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue171.11°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 17 · G 9E · B 8A

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