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Recognised as Colour

#028080

  • #028080
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#028080 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 128, 128 and HSL 180°, 97%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#028080#028080
HEX#028080
RGBrgb(2, 128, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.502, 0.502
RGB percentages0.8%, 50.2%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(180, 96.9%, 25.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 98.4%, 50.2%)
CMYK98.4%, 0%, 0%, 49.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer163,968
CSS custom property--colour: #028080;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.77:1
Contrast with white4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#FD7F7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#777980no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#676E81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#008580no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 0.1Dark cyan · ΔE 4.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Light seagreen · ΔE 19.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.5Slate grey · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 0.11, indistinguishable to the eye
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#800202
Analogous#028041, #024180
Triadic#800280, #808002
Split complementary#800241, #804102
Tetradic#410280, #800202, #418002

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#52FCFC
Lighter +30%#1FFCFC
Lighter +20%#04E4E4
Lighter +10%#03B2B2
Darker −10%#014E4E
Darker −20%#001C1C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#008282
Less saturated −25%#127070

Channel breakdown

R2
G128
B128
Red2 (0.8%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)96.92%
Lightness25.49%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 80 · B 80

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