Colour

#006255

#006255
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#006255 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 98, 85 and HSL 172°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#006255#006255

HEX#006255

RGBrgb(0, 98, 85)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3843, 0.3333

RGB percentages0%, 38.4%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(172, 100%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172, 100%, 38.4%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13.3%, 61.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer25,173

CSS custom property--colour: #006255;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.3:1

Contrast with white7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#FF9DAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5B54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#525356no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00645Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 27 Sea green · ΔE 27.2 Dim grey · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#62000D

Analogous#006224, #003E62

Triadic#550062, #625500

Split complementary#62003E, #622400

Tetradic#240062, #62000D, #3E6200

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2FFFE3

Lighter +30%#00FBDA

Lighter +20%#00C8AD

Lighter +10%#009581

Darker −10%#002F29

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#006255

Less saturated −25%#0C564C

Channel breakdown

G98

B85

Red0 (0%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue172.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 62 · B 55

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