Colour
#053C39
- #053C39
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#053C39 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 60, 57 and HSL 177°, 85%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#053C39#053C39
HEX#053C39
RGBrgb(5, 60, 57)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.2353, 0.2235
RGB percentages2%, 23.5%, 22.4%
HSLhsl(176.7, 84.6%, 12.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.7, 91.7%, 23.5%)
CMYK91.7%, 0%, 5%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer343,097
CSS custom property--colour: #053C39;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.03559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness49.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.27:1
Contrast with white12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#303030
Inverted#FAC3C6
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#3C0508
Analogous#053C1E, #05233C
Triadic#39053C, #3C3905
Split complementary#3C0523, #3C1E05
Tetradic#1E053C, #3C0508, #233C05
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R5
G60
B57
Red5 (2%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue57 (22.4%)
Hue176.73°
Saturation (HSL)84.62%
Lightness12.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 3C · B 39
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