Colour

#005F53

#005F53
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#005F53 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 95, 83 and HSL 172°, 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

#005F53#005F53

HEX#005F53

RGBrgb(0, 95, 83)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.3255

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(172.4, 100%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 100%, 37.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 12.6%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,403

CSS custom property--colour: #005F53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08809WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.6:1

Contrast with white7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#FFA0AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5853no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F5054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00615Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 15.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 19.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.7 Sea green · ΔE 28.4 Dim grey · ΔE 28.7

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F000C

Analogous#005F24, #003B5F

Triadic#53005F, #5F5300

Split complementary#5F003B, #5F2400

Tetradic#24005F, #5F000C, #3B5F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2CFFE4

Lighter +30%#00F8D9

Lighter +20%#00C5AC

Lighter +10%#009280

Darker −10%#002C26

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005F53

Less saturated −25%#0C534A

Channel breakdown

G95

B83

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue172.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B 53

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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