Colour

#005F55

#005F55
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#005F55 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 95, 85 and HSL 174°, 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

#005F55#005F55

HEX#005F55

RGBrgb(0, 95, 85)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.3333

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(173.7, 100%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.7, 100%, 37.3%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 10.5%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,405

CSS custom property--colour: #005F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0884WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1

Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#FFA0AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5A5955no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F5156no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00615Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 14.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 18.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 27.2 Dim grey · ΔE 28.1 Sea green · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5F000A

Analogous#005F25, #00395F

Triadic#55005F, #5F5500

Split complementary#5F0039, #5F2500

Tetradic#26005F, #5F000A, #3A5F00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#2CFFE9

Lighter +30%#00F8DE

Lighter +20%#00C5B0

Lighter +10%#009283

Darker −10%#002C27

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005F55

Less saturated −25%#0C534C

Channel breakdown

G95

B85

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue173.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B 55

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