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Recognised as Colour

#28996C

  • #28996C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#28996C is a cyan with RGB values 40, 153, 108 and HSL 156°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#28996C#28996C
HEX#28996C
RGBrgb(40, 153, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.6, 0.4235
RGB percentages15.7%, 60%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(156.1, 58.5%, 37.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 73.9%, 60%)
CMYK73.9%, 0%, 29.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,660,716
CSS custom property--colour: #28996C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#D76693

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#978D69no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#88836Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Light seagreen · ΔE 23.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.3Dark cyan · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#992855
Analogous#289934, #288D99
Triadic#6C2899, #996C28
Split complementary#99288E, #993428
Tetradic#342899, #992855, #8D9928

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5E8CD
Lighter +30%#7DDDB7
Lighter +20%#55D2A0
Lighter +10%#33C189
Darker −10%#1D714F
Darker −20%#134833
Darker −30%#082016
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#10B171
Less saturated −25%#408167

Channel breakdown

R40
G153
B108
Red40 (15.7%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue156.11°
Saturation (HSL)58.55%
Lightness37.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 28 · G 99 · B 6C

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