Colour

#005F6D

#005F6D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005F6D is a cyan with RGB values 0, 95, 109 and HSL 188°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005F6D#005F6D

HEX#005F6D

RGBrgb(0, 95, 109)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.4275

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(187.7, 100%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.7, 100%, 42.7%)

CMYK100%, 12.8%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,429

CSS custom property--colour: #005F6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness81.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.35:1

Contrast with white7.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#FFA092

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#545B6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#47526Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#006563no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.9 Teal · ΔE 16.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.7 Slate grey · ΔE 23.4 Dim grey · ΔE 24.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D0E00

Analogous#006D44, #00296D

Triadic#6D005F, #5F6D00

Split complementary#6D0029, #6D4400

Tetradic#44006D, #6D0E00, #296D00

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#3AE6FF

Lighter +30%#07DFFF

Lighter +20%#00B8D3

Lighter +10%#008BA0

Darker −10%#00333A

Darker −20%#000607

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005F6D

Less saturated −25%#0E555F

Channel breakdown

G95

B109

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue187.71°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B 6D

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