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Recognised as Colour

#009983

  • #009983
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#009983 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 153, 131 and HSL 171°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#009983#009983
HEX#009983
RGBrgb(0, 153, 131)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6, 0.5137
RGB percentages0%, 60%, 51.4%
HSLhsl(171.4, 100%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 100%, 60%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 14.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,299
CSS custom property--colour: #009983;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FF667C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928F82no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#828285no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009B92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Teal · ΔE 17Sea green · ΔE 18.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2Cadetblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990016
Analogous#009937, #006299
Triadic#830099, #998300
Split complementary#990063, #993700
Tetradic#360099, #990016, #629900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#66FFE9
Lighter +30%#33FFE2
Lighter +20%#00FFDA
Lighter +10%#00CCAF
Darker −10%#006657
Darker −20%#00332C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009983
Less saturated −25%#138675

Channel breakdown

R0
G153
B131
Red0 (0%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue131 (51.4%)
Hue171.37°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 99 · B 83

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