Recognised as Colour

#57696F

#57696F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#57696F is a cyan with RGB values 87, 105, 111 and HSL 195°, 12%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#57696F#57696F

HEX#57696F

RGBrgb(87, 105, 111)

RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.4118, 0.4353

RGB percentages34.1%, 41.2%, 43.5%

HSLhsl(195, 12.1%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195, 21.6%, 43.5%)

CMYK21.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,728,623

CSS custom property--colour: #57696F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#A89690

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#65686Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#61656Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Tritanopia#506B6Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 7.8 Slate grey · ΔE 11.3 Gray · ΔE 13 Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Cadetblue · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6F5D57

Analogous#576F69, #575D6F

Triadic#6F5769, #696F57

Split complementary#6F575D, #6F6957

Tetradic#69576F, #6F5D57, #5D6F57

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C2CCD0

Lighter +30%#A6B4B9

Lighter +20%#899CA3

Lighter +10%#6D848C

Darker −10%#414E52

Darker −20%#2A3336

Darker −30%#141819

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3E7588

Less saturated −25%#636363

Channel breakdown

R87

G105

B111

Red87 (34.1%)

Green105 (41.2%)

Blue111 (43.5%)

Hue195°

Saturation (HSL)12.12%

Lightness38.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 57 · G 69 · B 6F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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