Colour

#00596D

#00596D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#00596D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 89, 109 and HSL 191°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#00596D#00596D

HEX#00596D

RGBrgb(0, 89, 109)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.349, 0.4275

RGB percentages0%, 34.9%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(191, 100%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191, 100%, 42.7%)

CMYK100%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer22,893

CSS custom property--colour: #00596D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#FFA692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D566Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#404D6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#005F5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.9 Teal · ΔE 21.7 Slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 25.3 Dim grey · ΔE 25.3 Steel blue · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D1400

Analogous#006D4A, #00236D

Triadic#6D0059, #596D00

Split complementary#6D0023, #6D4A00

Tetradic#4A006D, #6D1400, #236D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3ADBFF

Lighter +30%#07D1FF

Lighter +20%#00ACD3

Lighter +10%#0083A0

Darker −10%#002F3A

Darker −20%#000607

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00596D

Less saturated −25%#0E505F

Channel breakdown

G89

B109

Red0 (0%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue191.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 59 · B 6D

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