Colour

#009883

#009883
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#009883 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 152, 131 and HSL 172°, 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 Light seagreen.

Colour values

#009883#009883

HEX#009883

RGBrgb(0, 152, 131)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.5961, 0.5137

RGB percentages0%, 59.6%, 51.4%

HSLhsl(171.7, 100%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 100%, 59.6%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 13.8%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer39,043

CSS custom property--colour: #009883;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24095WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1

Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#FF677C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#918E82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#818285no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#009B92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 14 Teal · ΔE 16.3 Sea green · ΔE 19.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#980015

Analogous#009837, #006198

Triadic#830098, #988300

Split complementary#980061, #983700

Tetradic#370098, #980015, #619800

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#65FFEA

Lighter +30%#32FFE3

Lighter +20%#00FEDB

Lighter +10%#00CBAF

Darker −10%#006557

Darker −20%#00322B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#009883

Less saturated −25%#138575

Channel breakdown

G152

B131

Red0 (0%)

Green152 (59.6%)

Blue131 (51.4%)

Hue171.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 98 · B 83

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