Recognised as Colour

#536C76

#536C76
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#536C76 is a cyan with RGB values 83, 108, 118 and HSL 197°, 17%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#536C76#536C76

HEX#536C76

RGBrgb(83, 108, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.4235, 0.4627

RGB percentages32.5%, 42.4%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(197.1, 17.4%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 29.7%, 46.3%)

CMYK29.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,467,254

CSS custom property--colour: #536C76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#AC9389

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#666B77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#616676no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#486F6Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 10.1 Dim grey · ΔE 10.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 12.9 Gray · ΔE 14.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#765D53

Analogous#53766E, #535B76

Triadic#76536C, #6C7653

Split complementary#76535B, #766F53

Tetradic#6F5376, #765D53, #5B7653

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C1CED4

Lighter +30%#A3B7BF

Lighter +20%#859FAA

Lighter +10%#688794

Darker −10%#3E5158

Darker −20%#29353A

Darker −30%#141A1C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3A778F

Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R83

G108

B118

Red83 (32.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue197.14°

Saturation (HSL)17.41%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 53 · G 6C · B 76

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