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Recognised as Colour

#008899

  • #008899
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#008899 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 136, 153 and HSL 187°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#008899#008899
HEX#008899
HEX (short)#089
RGBrgb(0, 136, 153)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5333, 0.6
RGB percentages0%, 53.3%, 60%
HSLhsl(186.7, 100%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.7, 100%, 60%)
CMYK100%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer34,969
CSS custom property--colour: #008899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.98:1
Contrast with white4.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#FF7766

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A839Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#687699no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#008F8Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.22:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 10.8Teal · ΔE 10.9Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Light seagreen · ΔE 22.4Slate grey · ΔE 23.5Light slate grey · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#991100
Analogous#00995D, #003C99
Triadic#990088, #889900
Split complementary#99003C, #995D00
Tetradic#5D0099, #991100, #3C9900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#66EEFF
Lighter +30%#33E8FF
Lighter +20%#00E3FF
Lighter +10%#00B5CC
Darker −10%#005B66
Darker −20%#002D33
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008899
Less saturated −25%#137986

Channel breakdown

R0
G136
B153
Red0 (0%)
Green136 (53.3%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue186.67°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 88 · B 99

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