Recognised as Colour
#295B5A
- #295B5A
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#295B5A is a cyan with RGB values 41, 91, 90 and HSL 179°, 38%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#295B5A#295B5A
HEX#295B5A
RGBrgb(41, 91, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.1608, 0.3569, 0.3529
RGB percentages16.1%, 35.7%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(178.8, 37.9%, 25.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 54.9%, 35.7%)
CMYK54.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 64.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,710,362
CSS custom property--colour: #295B5A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.08692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.67:1
Contrast with white7.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#D6A4A5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5B292A
Analogous#295B41, #29435B
Triadic#5A295B, #5B5A29
Split complementary#5B2943, #5B4129
Tetradic#41295B, #5B292A, #435B29
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R41
G91
B90
Red41 (16.1%)
Green91 (35.7%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue178.8°
Saturation (HSL)37.88%
Lightness25.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 29 · G 5B · B 5A
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