Recognised as Colour
#005F5B
- #005F5B
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#005F5B is a cyan with RGB values 0, 95, 91 and HSL 177°, 100%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#005F5B#005F5B
HEX#005F5B
RGBrgb(0, 95, 91)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.3569
RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(177.5, 100%, 18.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 100%, 37.3%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 4.2%, 62.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer24,411
CSS custom property--colour: #005F5B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.0894WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#FFA0A4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5F0004
Analogous#005F2B, #00345F
Triadic#5B005F, #5F5B00
Split complementary#5F0034, #5F2B00
Tetradic#2B005F, #5F0004, #345F00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G95
B91
Red0 (0%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue177.47°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness18.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B 5B
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