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Colour

#009998

  • #009998
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#009998 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 153, 152 and HSL 180°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#009998#009998
HEX#009998
RGBrgb(0, 153, 152)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6, 0.5961
RGB percentages0%, 60%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(179.6, 100%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.6, 100%, 60%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 0.7%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer39,320
CSS custom property--colour: #009998;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.01:1
Contrast with white3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FF6667

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8E9198no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C8499no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009E98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.5Teal · ΔE 9.9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990001
Analogous#00994C, #004D99
Triadic#980099, #999800
Split complementary#99004E, #994C00
Tetradic#4C0099, #990001, #4D9900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#66FFFE
Lighter +30%#33FFFE
Lighter +20%#00FFFD
Lighter +10%#00CCCB
Darker −10%#006665
Darker −20%#003333
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009998
Less saturated −25%#138685

Channel breakdown

R0
G153
B152
Red0 (0%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue179.61°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 99 · B 98

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