Colour
#005F50
- #005F50
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#005F50 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 95, 80 and HSL 171°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#005F50#005F50
HEX#005F50
RGBrgb(0, 95, 80)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.3137
RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(170.5, 100%, 18.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 100%, 37.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 15.8%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,400
CSS custom property--colour: #005F50;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.08764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#FFA0AF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5F000F
Analogous#005F20, #003F5F
Triadic#50005F, #5F5000
Split complementary#5F003F, #5F2000
Tetradic#20005F, #5F000F, #3F5F00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G95
B80
Red0 (0%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue170.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B 50
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