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Recognised as Colour

#00596A

  • #00596A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00596A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 89, 106 and HSL 190°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00596A#00596A
HEX#00596A
RGBrgb(0, 89, 106)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.349, 0.4157
RGB percentages0%, 34.9%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(189.6, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.6, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK100%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer22,890
CSS custom property--colour: #00596A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#FFA695

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E566Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#414D6Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#005F5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.6Teal · ΔE 20.4Slate grey · ΔE 23.8Dark cyan · ΔE 24.1Dim grey · ΔE 25Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6A1100
Analogous#006A46, #00246A
Triadic#6A0059, #596A00
Split complementary#6A0024, #6A4600
Tetradic#46006A, #6A1100, #246A00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#37DFFF
Lighter +30%#04D7FF
Lighter +20%#00AFD0
Lighter +10%#00849D
Darker −10%#002E37
Darker −20%#000304
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00596A
Less saturated −25%#0D505D

Channel breakdown

R0
G89
B106
Red0 (0%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue189.62°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 59 · B 6A

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