Recognised as Colour
#005B53
- #005B53
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#005B53 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 91, 83 and HSL 175°, 100%, 18%. 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
#005B53#005B53
HEX#005B53
RGBrgb(0, 91, 83)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3569, 0.3255
RGB percentages0%, 35.7%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(174.7, 100%, 17.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.7, 100%, 35.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer23,379
CSS custom property--colour: #005B53;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.08107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#474747
Inverted#FFA4AC
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5B0008
Analogous#005B26, #00355B
Triadic#53005B, #5B5300
Split complementary#5B0035, #5B2600
Tetradic#26005B, #5B0008, #355B00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G91
B83
Red0 (0%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue174.73°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5B · B 53
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