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Recognised as Colour

#359B97

  • #359B97
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#359B97 is a cyan with RGB values 53, 155, 151 and HSL 178°, 49%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#359B97#359B97
HEX#359B97
RGBrgb(53, 155, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.2078, 0.6078, 0.5922
RGB percentages20.8%, 60.8%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(177.6, 49%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 65.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK65.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,513,239
CSS custom property--colour: #359B97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26434WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1
Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#CA6468

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929397no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#828898no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009F99no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.8Teal · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 10.4Light seagreen · ΔE 10.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B3539
Analogous#359B64, #356C9B
Triadic#97359B, #9B9735
Split complementary#9B356C, #9B6435
Tetradic#64359B, #9B3539, #6C9B35

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6E6E4
Lighter +30%#90D9D6
Lighter +20%#6ACCC8
Lighter +10%#44BFBA
Darker −10%#287572
Darker −20%#1B4F4D
Darker −30%#0E2928
Darker −40%#010303
More saturated +25%#1BB5AF
Less saturated −25%#4F817F

Channel breakdown

R53
G155
B151
Red53 (20.8%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue177.65°
Saturation (HSL)49.04%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 35 · G 9B · B 97

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