Colour

#537E6F

#537E6F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#537E6F is a cyan with RGB values 83, 126, 111 and HSL 159°, 21%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#537E6F#537E6F

HEX#537E6F

RGBrgb(83, 126, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.3255, 0.4941, 0.4353

RGB percentages32.5%, 49.4%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(159.1, 20.6%, 41%)

HSV / HSBhsv(159.1, 34.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK34.1%, 0%, 11.9%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,471,855

CSS custom property--colour: #537E6F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.58:1

Contrast with white4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#747474

Inverted#AC8190

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7C796Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#747370no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#487F7Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 15.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 17.7 Gray · ΔE 19.2 Dim grey · ΔE 19.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 15.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E5362

Analogous#537E59, #53787E

Triadic#6F537E, #7E6F53

Split complementary#7E5378, #7E5953

Tetradic#59537E, #7E5362, #787E53

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C5D8D2

Lighter +30%#A6C4BA

Lighter +20%#87B0A2

Lighter +10%#689C8A

Darker −10%#3F5F54

Darker −20%#2A4139

Darker −30%#16221E

Darker −40%#020303

More saturated +25%#399877

Less saturated −25%#696969

Channel breakdown

R83

G126

B111

Red83 (32.5%)

Green126 (49.4%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue159.07°

Saturation (HSL)20.57%

Lightness40.98%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 53 · G 7E · B 6F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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