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Colour

#536A6D

  • #536A6D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#536A6D is a cyan with RGB values 83, 106, 109 and HSL 187°, 14%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#536A6D#536A6D
HEX#536A6D
RGBrgb(83, 106, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.4157, 0.4275
RGB percentages32.5%, 41.6%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(186.9, 13.5%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 23.9%, 42.7%)
CMYK23.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,466,733
CSS custom property--colour: #536A6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#656565
Inverted#AC9592

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#66686Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#62646Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#4B6C6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.6Slate grey · ΔE 12.7Gray · ΔE 13.8Light slate grey · ΔE 15.4Cadetblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D5653
Analogous#536D63, #535D6D
Triadic#6D536A, #6A6D53
Split complementary#6D535D, #6D6353
Tetradic#63536D, #6D5653, #5D6D53

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BECCCE
Lighter +30%#A1B5B8
Lighter +20%#849EA2
Lighter +10%#69868A
Darker −10%#3D4E50
Darker −20%#273233
Darker −30%#111616
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3B7C85
Less saturated −25%#606060

Channel breakdown

R83
G106
B109
Red83 (32.5%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue186.92°
Saturation (HSL)13.54%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 53 · G 6A · B 6D

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