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Recognised as Colour

#53666C

  • #53666C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#53666C is a cyan with RGB values 83, 102, 108 and HSL 194°, 13%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#53666C#53666C
HEX#53666C
RGBrgb(83, 102, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.4, 0.4235
RGB percentages32.5%, 40%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(194.4, 13.1%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 23.1%, 42.4%)
CMYK23.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,465,708
CSS custom property--colour: #53666C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12424WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#AC9993

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#62656Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E616Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#4C6868no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.4Slate grey · ΔE 12.5Gray · ΔE 14.2Light slate grey · ΔE 15.4Cadetblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6C5953
Analogous#536C66, #535A6C
Triadic#6C5366, #666C53
Split complementary#6C535A, #6C6653
Tetradic#65536C, #6C5953, #5A6C53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BEC9CD
Lighter +30%#A1B2B7
Lighter +20%#849AA1
Lighter +10%#698189
Darker −10%#3D4B4F
Darker −20%#273032
Darker −30%#111415
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B7284
Less saturated −25%#606060

Channel breakdown

R83
G102
B108
Red83 (32.5%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue194.4°
Saturation (HSL)13.09%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 66 · B 6C

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