Colour

#00565F

#00565F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00565F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 86, 95 and HSL 186°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00565F#00565F

HEX#00565F

RGBrgb(0, 86, 95)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3373, 0.3725

RGB percentages0%, 33.7%, 37.3%

HSLhsl(185.7, 100%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 100%, 37.3%)

CMYK100%, 9.5%, 0%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer22,111

CSS custom property--colour: #00565F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.41:1

Contrast with white8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#FFA9A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D5260no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#424A5Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#005B59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.5 Teal · ΔE 18.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 22.9 Dim grey · ΔE 24.7 Slate grey · ΔE 25.9 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F0900

Analogous#005F39, #00265F

Triadic#5F0056, #565F00

Split complementary#5F0026, #5F3800

Tetradic#39005F, #5F0900, #275F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2CEBFF

Lighter +30%#00E1F8

Lighter +20%#00B2C5

Lighter +10%#008492

Darker −10%#00282C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00565F

Less saturated −25%#0C4C53

Channel breakdown

G86

B95

Red0 (0%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue95 (37.3%)

Hue185.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 56 · B 5F

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