Recognised as Colour
#006559
- #006559
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#006559 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 101, 89 and HSL 173°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#006559#006559
HEX#006559
RGBrgb(0, 101, 89)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3961, 0.349
RGB percentages0%, 39.6%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(172.9, 100%, 19.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.9, 100%, 39.6%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 11.9%, 60.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer25,945
CSS custom property--colour: #006559;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.10029WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness83 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#FF9AA6
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#65000C
Analogous#006527, #003E65
Triadic#590065, #655900
Split complementary#65003F, #652700
Tetradic#260065, #65000C, #3F6500
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G101
B89
Red0 (0%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue172.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness19.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 65 · B 59
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