Recognised as Colour

#039480

#039480
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark cyan

#039480 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 148, 128 and HSL 172°, 96%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#039480#039480

HEX#039480

RGBrgb(3, 148, 128)

RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.5804, 0.502

RGB percentages1.2%, 58%, 50.2%

HSLhsl(171.7, 96%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 98%, 58%)

CMYK98%, 0%, 13.5%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer234,624

CSS custom property--colour: #039480;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness121.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.55:1

Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#FC6B7F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8D8A7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7E82no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00978Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 12.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.3 Teal · ΔE 14.8 Sea green · ΔE 19.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#940317

Analogous#039437, #036094

Triadic#800394, #948003

Split complementary#940360, #943703

Tetradic#370394, #940317, #609403

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#67FCE7

Lighter +30%#35FBE0

Lighter +20%#05F8D6

Lighter +10%#04C6AB

Darker −10%#026255

Darker −20%#01302A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#009782

Less saturated −25%#168172

Channel breakdown

G148

B128

Red3 (1.2%)

Green148 (58%)

Blue128 (50.2%)

Hue171.72°

Saturation (HSL)96.03%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 03 · G 94 · B 80

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