Colour

#005A6F

#005A6F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005A6F is a cyan with RGB values 0, 90, 111 and HSL 191°, 100%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005A6F#005A6F

HEX#005A6F

RGBrgb(0, 90, 111)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3529, 0.4353

RGB percentages0%, 35.3%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(191.4, 100%, 21.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.4, 100%, 43.5%)

CMYK100%, 18.9%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer23,151

CSS custom property--colour: #005A6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.8:1

Contrast with white7.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#FFA590

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D5770no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#404E6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Tritanopia#006161no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.5 Teal · ΔE 21.8 Slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Steel blue · ΔE 24.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 25.3 Dim grey · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F1500

Analogous#006F4C, #00236F

Triadic#6F005A, #5A6F00

Split complementary#6F0022, #6F4D00

Tetradic#4D006F, #6F1500, #226F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3CDAFF

Lighter +30%#09D0FF

Lighter +20%#00ADD5

Lighter +10%#0083A2

Darker −10%#00313C

Darker −20%#000709

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005A6F

Less saturated −25%#0E5161

Channel breakdown

G90

B111

Red0 (0%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue191.35°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5A · B 6F

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Colour values

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