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Recognised as Colour

#039798

  • #039798
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#039798 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 151, 152 and HSL 180°, 96%, 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 Dark cyan.

Colour values

#039798#039798
HEX#039798
RGBrgb(3, 151, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.5922, 0.5961
RGB percentages1.2%, 59.2%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(180.4, 96.1%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.4, 98%, 59.6%)
CMYK98%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer235,416
CSS custom property--colour: #039798;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2442WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FC6867

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C8F98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A8299no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009C97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 4.7Teal · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 11.4Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 4.66, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#980403
Analogous#03984F, #034C98
Triadic#980397, #979803
Split complementary#98034C, #984E03
Tetradic#4F0398, #980403, #4D9803

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BFBFC
Lighter +30%#39FAFB
Lighter +20%#07F8FA
Lighter +10%#04C9CA
Darker −10%#026566
Darker −20%#013434
Darker −30%#000202
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009A9B
Less saturated −25%#168485

Channel breakdown

R3
G151
B152
Red3 (1.2%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue180.4°
Saturation (HSL)96.13%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 03 · G 97 · B 98

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