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Recognised as Colour

#08553E

  • #08553E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#08553E is a cyan with RGB values 8, 85, 62 and HSL 162°, 83%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#08553E#08553E
HEX#08553E
RGBrgb(8, 85, 62)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.3333, 0.2431
RGB percentages3.1%, 33.3%, 24.3%
HSLhsl(162.1, 82.8%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.1, 90.6%, 33.3%)
CMYK90.6%, 0%, 27.1%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer546,110
CSS custom property--colour: #08553E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#F7AAC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#534E3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A4840no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00554Fno 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 text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.7Teal · ΔE 23Sea green · ΔE 26.4Dark cyan · ΔE 26.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.2Dim grey · ΔE 31.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 19.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#55081F
Analogous#085517, #084655
Triadic#3E0855, #553E08
Split complementary#550846, #551708
Tetradic#170855, #55081F, #465508

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#3CEDB8
Lighter +30%#15E1A4
Lighter +20%#11B282
Lighter +10%#0C8460
Darker −10%#04261C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005D41
Less saturated −25%#144939

Channel breakdown

R8
G85
B62
Red8 (3.1%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue62 (24.3%)
Hue162.08°
Saturation (HSL)82.8%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G 55 · B 3E

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