Colour

#005F79

#005F79
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005F79 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 95, 121 and HSL 193°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005F79#005F79

HEX#005F79

RGBrgb(0, 95, 121)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.3725, 0.4745

RGB percentages0%, 37.3%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(192.9, 100%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 100%, 47.5%)

CMYK100%, 21.5%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer24,441

CSS custom property--colour: #005F79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.21:1

Contrast with white7.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#FFA086

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#515D7Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#425379no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Tritanopia#006768no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.7 Steel blue · ΔE 21.2 Slate grey · ΔE 22.4 Teal · ΔE 22.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 18.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#791A00

Analogous#007956, #002379

Triadic#79005F, #5F7900

Split complementary#790023, #795600

Tetradic#560079, #791A00, #237900

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#46D7FF

Lighter +30%#13CCFF

Lighter +20%#00AFDF

Lighter +10%#0087AC

Darker −10%#003746

Darker −20%#000F13

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#005F79

Less saturated −25%#0F566A

Channel breakdown

G95

B121

Red0 (0%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue192.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 00 · G 5F · B 79

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