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Colour

#009557

  • #009557
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#009557 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 149, 87 and HSL 155°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#009557#009557
HEX#009557
RGBrgb(0, 149, 87)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5843, 0.3412
RGB percentages0%, 58.4%, 34.1%
HSLhsl(155, 100%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155, 100%, 58.4%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 41.6%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,231
CSS custom property--colour: #009557;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.44:1
Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#FF6AA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948853no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#867D5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009386no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.1Forest green · ΔE 21.8Dark green · ΔE 26.3Green · ΔE 27.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95003E
Analogous#00950C, #008895
Triadic#570095, #955700
Split complementary#950088, #950C00
Tetradic#0D0095, #95003E, #899500

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#62FFBE
Lighter +30%#2FFFA8
Lighter +20%#00FB93
Lighter +10%#00C875
Darker −10%#006239
Darker −20%#002F1B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009557
Less saturated −25%#138254

Channel breakdown

R0
G149
B87
Red0 (0%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue87 (34.1%)
Hue155.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 95 · B 57

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