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Recognised as Colour

#029986

  • #029986
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#029986 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 153, 134 and HSL 172°, 97%, 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

#029986#029986
HEX#029986
RGBrgb(2, 153, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6, 0.5255
RGB percentages0.8%, 60%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(172.5, 97.4%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 98.7%, 60%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer170,374
CSS custom property--colour: #029986;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24517WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FD6679

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928F85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#818388no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#009C93no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Dark cyan · ΔE 13Teal · ΔE 15.5Sea green · ΔE 20.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Cadetblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990215
Analogous#02993A, #026199
Triadic#860299, #998602
Split complementary#990261, #993A02
Tetradic#3B0299, #990215, #619902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AFDEB
Lighter +30%#38FCE4
Lighter +20%#05FCDD
Lighter +10%#03CBB2
Darker −10%#01675A
Darker −20%#01342E
Darker −30%#000202
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009B87
Less saturated −25%#158678

Channel breakdown

R2
G153
B134
Red2 (0.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue172.45°
Saturation (HSL)97.42%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G 99 · B 86

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