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Recognised as Colour

#005B3B

  • #005B3B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#005B3B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 91, 59 and HSL 159°, 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

#005B3B#005B3B
HEX#005B3B
RGBrgb(0, 91, 59)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3569, 0.2314
RGB percentages0%, 35.7%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(158.9, 100%, 17.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.9, 100%, 35.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 35.2%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer23,355
CSS custom property--colour: #005B3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07798WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.2:1
Contrast with white8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#454545
Inverted#FFA4C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5A5339no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#504C3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#005B53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 21.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.6Teal · ΔE 25.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 26Dark cyan · ΔE 28.1Dark green · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 21.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B0020
Analogous#005B0D, #004E5B
Triadic#3B005B, #5B3B00
Split complementary#5B004E, #5B0D00
Tetradic#0D005B, #5B0020, #4E5B00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#28FFB3
Lighter +30%#00F49E
Lighter +20%#00C17D
Lighter +10%#008E5C
Darker −10%#00281A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005B3B
Less saturated −25%#0B5038

Channel breakdown

R0
G91
B59
Red0 (0%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue158.9°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5B · B 3B

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