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Recognised as Colour

#005B37

  • #005B37
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#005B37 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 91, 55 and HSL 156°, 100%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#005B37#005B37
HEX#005B37
RGBrgb(0, 91, 55)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3569, 0.2157
RGB percentages0%, 35.7%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(156.3, 100%, 17.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.3, 100%, 35.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 39.6%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer23,351
CSS custom property--colour: #005B37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.23:1
Contrast with white8.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#FFA4C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5335no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#514C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#005A52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 20Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.5Teal · ΔE 27.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2Dark green · ΔE 29.5Dark cyan · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 20.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B0024
Analogous#005B0A, #00515B
Triadic#37005B, #5B3700
Split complementary#5B0051, #5B0A00
Tetradic#0A005B, #5B0024, #515B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#28FFAA
Lighter +30%#00F493
Lighter +20%#00C175
Lighter +10%#008E56
Darker −10%#002818
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005B37
Less saturated −25%#0B5035

Channel breakdown

R0
G91
B55
Red0 (0%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue156.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5B · B 37

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