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Recognised as Colour

#026959

  • #026959
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#026959 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 105, 89 and HSL 171°, 96%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#026959#026959
HEX#026959
RGBrgb(2, 105, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.4118, 0.349
RGB percentages0.8%, 41.2%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(170.7, 96.3%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 98.1%, 41.2%)
CMYK98.1%, 0%, 15.2%, 58.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer158,041
CSS custom property--colour: #026959;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness85.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#FD96A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#646258no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#59595Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Tritanopia#006B64no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 13.6Dark cyan · ΔE 16.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.7Sea green · ΔE 24.1Cadetblue · ΔE 25.8Light seagreen · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 13.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#690212
Analogous#026925, #024669
Triadic#590269, #695902
Split complementary#690246, #692502
Tetradic#250269, #690212, #466902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3CFBDE
Lighter +30%#0AFAD5
Lighter +20%#04CDAE
Lighter +10%#039B83
Darker −10%#01372F
Darker −20%#000504
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#006B5A
Less saturated −25%#0F5C50

Channel breakdown

R2
G105
B89
Red2 (0.8%)
Green105 (41.2%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue170.68°
Saturation (HSL)96.26%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G 69 · B 59

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