#009797

Color #009797

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Cyan #008b8b · ΔE 4.68 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#009797

RGB

rgb(0, 151, 151)

HSL

hsl(180, 100%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 100%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(56.45, -32.53, -9.56)

LCH

lch(56.45, 33.91, 196.38)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.1045, 194.74)

HWB

hwb(180, 0%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#970000

Analogous

#00974b

#009797

#004b97

Triadic

#009797

#970097

#979700

Split-complementary

#009797

#97004b

#974b00

Tetradic

#009797

#000097

#970000

#979700

Square

#009797

#4b0097

#970000

#4b9700

Shades

Color #009797 mixed toward black.

#007e7e

#006565

#004b4b

#003232

#001919

Tints

Color #009797 mixed toward white.

#00d3d3

#10ffff

#4bffff

#87ffff

#c3ffff

Tones

Color #009797 mixed toward gray.

#0d8a8a

#197e7e

#267171

#326565

#3f5858

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666797 · ΔE 31.1

Deuteranopia

#605697 · ΔE 36.1

Tritanopia

#219797 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 22.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #009797;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#009797]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#009797 (#009797) is rgb(0, 151, 151) in RGB.

No, #009797 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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