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Recognised as Colour

#008994

  • #008994
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#008994 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 137, 148 and HSL 184°, 100%, 29%. 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

#008994#008994
HEX#008994
RGBrgb(0, 137, 148)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5373, 0.5804
RGB percentages0%, 53.7%, 58%
HSLhsl(184.5, 100%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.5, 100%, 58%)
CMYK100%, 7.4%, 0%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer35,220
CSS custom property--colour: #008994;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20029WCAG 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 5.01:1
Contrast with white4.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#FF766B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C8395no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B7694no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#008F8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 7Teal · ΔE 7.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 24.9Light slate grey · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#940B00
Analogous#009455, #003F94
Triadic#940089, #899400
Split complementary#94003F, #945500
Tetradic#550094, #940B00, #3F9400

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#61F3FF
Lighter +30%#2EEFFF
Lighter +20%#00E7FA
Lighter +10%#00B8C7
Darker −10%#005A61
Darker −20%#002B2E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008994
Less saturated −25%#137982

Channel breakdown

R0
G137
B148
Red0 (0%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue184.46°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 89 · B 94

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