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Recognised as Colour

#55676F

  • #55676F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#55676F is a cyan with RGB values 85, 103, 111 and HSL 198°, 13%, 38%. 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

#55676F#55676F
HEX#55676F
RGBrgb(85, 103, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.3333, 0.4039, 0.4353
RGB percentages33.3%, 40.4%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(198.5, 13.3%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 23.4%, 43.5%)
CMYK23.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,597,039
CSS custom property--colour: #55676F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99 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#AA9890

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#63666Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F636Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#4E6969no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 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 8.5Slate grey · ΔE 11.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.5Gray · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6F5D55
Analogous#556F6A, #555A6F
Triadic#6F5567, #676F55
Split complementary#6F555A, #6F6A55
Tetradic#6A556F, #6F5D55, #5A6F55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1CBCF
Lighter +30%#A4B3B9
Lighter +20%#879AA3
Lighter +10%#6B828C
Darker −10%#3F4C52
Darker −20%#293135
Darker −30%#131718
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#3C7088
Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R85
G103
B111
Red85 (33.3%)
Green103 (40.4%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)13.27%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 55 · G 67 · B 6F

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