Colour

#005E6D

#005E6D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005E6D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 94, 109 and HSL 188°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005E6D#005E6D

HEX#005E6D

RGBrgb(0, 94, 109)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3686, 0.4275

RGB percentages0%, 36.9%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(188.3, 100%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 100%, 42.7%)

CMYK100%, 13.8%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,173

CSS custom property--colour: #005E6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.44:1

Contrast with white7.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#FFA192

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#535A6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#46516Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#006463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.9 Teal · ΔE 17.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 21.5 Slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Dim grey · ΔE 24.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D0F00

Analogous#006D46, #00276D

Triadic#6D005E, #5E6D00

Split complementary#6D0027, #6D4600

Tetradic#46006D, #6D0F00, #276D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3AE4FF

Lighter +30%#07DDFF

Lighter +20%#00B6D3

Lighter +10%#008AA0

Darker −10%#00323A

Darker −20%#000607

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005E6D

Less saturated −25%#0E545F

Channel breakdown

G94

B109

Red0 (0%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue188.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5E · B 6D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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