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Recognised as Colour

#009596

  • #009596
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#009596 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 149, 150 and HSL 180°, 100%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#009596#009596
HEX#009596
RGBrgb(0, 149, 150)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5843, 0.5882
RGB percentages0%, 58.4%, 58.8%
HSLhsl(180.4, 100%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.4, 100%, 58.8%)
CMYK100%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,294
CSS custom property--colour: #009596;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#FF6A69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8D96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#788097no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009A95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 3.9Teal · ΔE 8.3Light seagreen · ΔE 12Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 3.92, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#960100
Analogous#00964C, #004A96
Triadic#960095, #959600
Split complementary#96004A, #964C00
Tetradic#4C0096, #960100, #4A9600

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#63FEFF
Lighter +30%#30FEFF
Lighter +20%#00FAFC
Lighter +10%#00C8C9
Darker −10%#006263
Darker −20%#003030
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009596
Less saturated −25%#138383

Channel breakdown

R0
G149
B150
Red0 (0%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue150 (58.8%)
Hue180.4°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 95 · B 96

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