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Recognised as Colour

#409C87

  • #409C87
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#409C87 is a cyan with RGB values 64, 156, 135 and HSL 166°, 42%, 43%. 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

#409C87#409C87
HEX#409C87
RGBrgb(64, 156, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.6118, 0.5294
RGB percentages25.1%, 61.2%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(166.3, 41.8%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.3, 59%, 61.2%)
CMYK59%, 0%, 13.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,234,375
CSS custom property--colour: #409C87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.32:1
Contrast with white3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#BF6378

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979386no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Deuteranopia#898989no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009E96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.7Dark cyan · ΔE 13.6Teal · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8Sea green · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C4055
Analogous#409C59, #40839C
Triadic#87409C, #9C8740
Split complementary#9C4083, #9C5940
Tetradic#59409C, #9C4055, #839C40

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2E6DE
Lighter +30%#9ED7CA
Lighter +20%#7AC8B6
Lighter +10%#56B9A3
Darker −10%#317868
Darker −20%#225448
Darker −30%#133029
Darker −40%#050B0A
More saturated +25%#25B896
Less saturated −25%#5C8178

Channel breakdown

R64
G156
B135
Red64 (25.1%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue166.3°
Saturation (HSL)41.82%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 40 · G 9C · B 87

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