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Recognised as Colour

#05552E

  • #05552E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#05552E is a cyan with RGB values 5, 85, 46 and HSL 151°, 89%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#05552E#05552E
HEX#05552E
RGBrgb(5, 85, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.3333, 0.1804
RGB percentages2%, 33.3%, 18%
HSLhsl(150.8, 88.9%, 17.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.8, 94.1%, 33.3%)
CMYK94.1%, 0%, 45.9%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer349,486
CSS custom property--colour: #05552E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.95:1
Contrast with white8.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#FAAAD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#554D2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C4731no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00544Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 21.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.3Dark green · ΔE 28Dark slate grey · ΔE 29Teal · ΔE 30.6Dark cyan · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 21.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55052C
Analogous#055506, #055455
Triadic#2E0555, #552E05
Split complementary#550554, #550605
Tetradic#060555, #55052C, #545505

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#33F395
Lighter +30%#0DE57C
Lighter +20%#0BB562
Lighter +10%#088548
Darker −10%#022514
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005A2E
Less saturated −25%#104A2E

Channel breakdown

R5
G85
B46
Red5 (2%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue150.75°
Saturation (HSL)88.89%
Lightness17.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 55 · B 2E

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