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Recognised as Colour

#115B53

  • #115B53
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#115B53 is a cyan with RGB values 17, 91, 83 and HSL 174°, 69%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#115B53#115B53
HEX#115B53
RGBrgb(17, 91, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.0667, 0.3569, 0.3255
RGB percentages6.7%, 35.7%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(173.5, 68.5%, 21.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 81.3%, 35.7%)
CMYK81.3%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,137,491
CSS custom property--colour: #115B53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08226WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.94:1
Contrast with white7.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#EEA4AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#565553no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#4C4E54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#005D58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.5Teal · ΔE 16.2Dark cyan · ΔE 20.4Dim grey · ΔE 25.7Cadetblue · ΔE 27.6Slate grey · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B1119
Analogous#115B2E, #113E5B
Triadic#53115B, #5B5311
Split complementary#5B113E, #5B2E11
Tetradic#2E115B, #5B1119, #3E5B11

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#58E0D1
Lighter +30%#2DD8C5
Lighter +20%#21B1A1
Lighter +10%#19867A
Darker −10%#09302C
Darker −20%#010505
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#04695E
Less saturated −25%#1F4E48

Channel breakdown

R17
G91
B83
Red17 (6.7%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue173.51°
Saturation (HSL)68.52%
Lightness21.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 11 · G 5B · B 53

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