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Recognised as Colour

#009791

  • #009791
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#009791 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 151, 145 and HSL 178°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#009791#009791
HEX#009791
RGBrgb(0, 151, 145)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5922, 0.5686
RGB percentages0%, 59.2%, 56.9%
HSLhsl(177.6, 100%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 100%, 59.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 4%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer38,801
CSS custom property--colour: #009791;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#FF686E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8D8E91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C8292no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009B95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.1Teal · ΔE 10Light seagreen · ΔE 10Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#970006
Analogous#009745, #005297
Triadic#910097, #979100
Split complementary#970052, #974500
Tetradic#450097, #970006, #529700

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#64FFF9
Lighter +30%#31FFF7
Lighter +20%#00FDF3
Lighter +10%#00CAC2
Darker −10%#006460
Darker −20%#00312F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009791
Less saturated −25%#138480

Channel breakdown

R0
G151
B145
Red0 (0%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue145 (56.9%)
Hue177.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 97 · B 91

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