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Recognised as Colour

#008996

  • #008996
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#008996 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 137, 150 and HSL 185°, 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

#008996#008996
HEX#008996
RGBrgb(0, 137, 150)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5373, 0.5882
RGB percentages0%, 53.7%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(185.2, 100%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 100%, 58.8%)
CMYK100%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer35,222
CSS custom property--colour: #008996;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#FF7669

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C8397no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B7696no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00908Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 8.2Teal · ΔE 8.7Cadetblue · ΔE 14Light seagreen · ΔE 20.3Slate grey · ΔE 24.4Light slate grey · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#960D00
Analogous#009658, #003E96
Triadic#960089, #899600
Split complementary#96003E, #965800
Tetradic#580096, #960D00, #3E9600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#63F1FF
Lighter +30%#30EDFF
Lighter +20%#00E6FC
Lighter +10%#00B8C9
Darker −10%#005A63
Darker −20%#002C30
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008996
Less saturated −25%#137983

Channel breakdown

R0
G137
B150
Red0 (0%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue185.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 89 · B 96

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