Recognised as Colour

#359AA3

#359AA3
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#359AA3 is a cyan with RGB values 53, 154, 163 and HSL 185°, 51%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#359AA3#359AA3

HEX#359AA3

RGBrgb(53, 154, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.6039, 0.6392

RGB percentages20.8%, 60.4%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(184.9, 50.9%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.9, 67.5%, 63.9%)

CMYK67.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 36.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,512,995

CSS custom property--colour: #359AA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26512WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1

Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#CA655C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8E94A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E88A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00A09Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 9.1 Teal · ΔE 11.8 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.73, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A33E35

Analogous#35A375, #3563A3

Triadic#A3359A, #9AA335

Split complementary#A33563, #A37535

Tetradic#7535A3, #A33E35, #63A335

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BBE5E9

Lighter +30%#95D7DC

Lighter +20%#6EC8D0

Lighter +10%#48B9C3

Darker −10%#28767D

Darker −20%#1C5156

Darker −30%#0F2D30

Darker −40%#030909

More saturated +25%#1AB1BE

Less saturated −25%#508388

Channel breakdown

R53

G154

B163

Red53 (20.8%)

Green154 (60.4%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue184.91°

Saturation (HSL)50.93%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 35 · G 9A · B A3

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