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Recognised as Colour

#029995

  • #029995
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#029995 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 153, 149 and HSL 178°, 97%, 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

#029995#029995
HEX#029995
RGBrgb(2, 153, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6, 0.5843
RGB percentages0.8%, 60%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(178.4, 97.4%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 98.7%, 60%)
CMYK98.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer170,389
CSS custom property--colour: #029995;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FD666A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9095no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D8396no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009E97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.1Light seagreen · ΔE 9.5Teal · ΔE 10.2Cadetblue · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#990206
Analogous#029949, #025199
Triadic#950299, #999502
Split complementary#990251, #994902
Tetradic#4A0299, #990206, #529902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AFDF9
Lighter +30%#38FCF7
Lighter +20%#05FCF5
Lighter +10%#03CBC6
Darker −10%#016764
Darker −20%#013433
Darker −30%#000202
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009B97
Less saturated −25%#158683

Channel breakdown

R2
G153
B149
Red2 (0.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue178.41°
Saturation (HSL)97.42%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G 99 · B 95

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