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Recognised as Colour

#53686A

  • #53686A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#53686A is a cyan with RGB values 83, 104, 106 and HSL 185°, 12%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#53686A#53686A
HEX#53686A
RGBrgb(83, 104, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.4078, 0.4157
RGB percentages32.5%, 40.8%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(185.2, 12.2%, 37.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.2, 21.7%, 41.6%)
CMYK21.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,466,218
CSS custom property--colour: #53686A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#AC9795

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#65666Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#60636Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4C6A69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 13.5Gray · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 16.2Cadetblue · ΔE 22.7
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#6A5553
Analogous#536A61, #535C6A
Triadic#6A5368, #686A53
Split complementary#6A535D, #6A6153
Tetradic#61536A, #6A5553, #5C6A53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDCACC
Lighter +30%#A1B3B5
Lighter +20%#849D9F
Lighter +10%#698487
Darker −10%#3D4C4D
Darker −20%#263031
Darker −30%#101414
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B7C82
Less saturated −25%#5F5F5F

Channel breakdown

R83
G104
B106
Red83 (32.5%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue185.22°
Saturation (HSL)12.17%
Lightness37.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 68 · B 6A

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