Recognised as Colour

#005E8A

#005E8A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#005E8A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 94, 138 and HSL 199°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#005E8A#005E8A

HEX#005E8A

RGBrgb(0, 94, 138)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3686, 0.5412

RGB percentages0%, 36.9%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(199.1, 100%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 100%, 54.1%)

CMYK100%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,202

CSS custom property--colour: #005E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.08:1

Contrast with white7.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#FFA175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#495F8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Deuteranopia#375389no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00696Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.2 Slate grey · ΔE 25.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.4 Dim grey · ΔE 32.3 Teal · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8A2C00

Analogous#008A71, #00198A

Triadic#8A005E, #5E8A00

Split complementary#8A0019, #8A7100

Tetradic#71008A, #8A2C00, #198A00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#57C9FF

Lighter +30%#24B9FF

Lighter +20%#00A3F0

Lighter +10%#0081BD

Darker −10%#003B57

Darker −20%#001924

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005E8A

Less saturated −25%#115879

Channel breakdown

G94

B138

Red0 (0%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue199.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5E · B 8A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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