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Recognised as Colour

#009489

  • #009489
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#009489 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 148, 137 and HSL 176°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#009489#009489
HEX#009489
RGBrgb(0, 148, 137)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5804, 0.5373
RGB percentages0%, 58%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(175.5, 100%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 100%, 58%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 7.4%, 42%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,025
CSS custom property--colour: #009489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.6:1
Contrast with white3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FF6B76

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#8C8B89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B7F8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009890no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#94000B
Analogous#00943F, #005594
Triadic#890094, #948900
Split complementary#940055, #943F00
Tetradic#3F0094, #94000B, #559400

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#61FFF3
Lighter +30%#2EFFEF
Lighter +20%#00FAE7
Lighter +10%#00C7B8
Darker −10%#00615A
Darker −20%#002E2B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009489
Less saturated −25%#138279

Channel breakdown

R0
G148
B137
Red0 (0%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue175.54°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 94 · B 89

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