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Recognised as Colour

#35535D

  • #35535D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#35535D is a cyan with RGB values 53, 83, 93 and HSL 195°, 27%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#35535D#35535D
HEX#35535D
RGBrgb(53, 83, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.3255, 0.3647
RGB percentages20.8%, 32.5%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(195, 27.4%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 43%, 36.5%)
CMYK43%, 10.8%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,494,749
CSS custom property--colour: #35535D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.25:1
Contrast with white8.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#CAACA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D515Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#474D5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Tritanopia#255656no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7Dim grey · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 20.4Light slate grey · ΔE 23.3Gray · ΔE 23.7Teal · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5D3F35
Analogous#355D53, #353F5D
Triadic#5D3553, #535D35
Split complementary#5D353F, #5D5335
Tetradic#53355D, #5D3F35, #3F5D35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99BAC5
Lighter +30%#79A4B2
Lighter +20%#5A8D9E
Lighter +10%#48707D
Darker −10%#22363D
Darker −20%#10191C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#235C6F
Less saturated −25%#474A4B

Channel breakdown

R53
G83
B93
Red53 (20.8%)
Green83 (32.5%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)27.4%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 35 · G 53 · B 5D

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