Colour

#59666C

#59666C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#59666C is a cyan with RGB values 89, 102, 108 and HSL 199°, 10%, 39%. 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

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HEX#59666C

RGBrgb(89, 102, 108)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4, 0.4235

RGB percentages34.9%, 40%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(198.9, 9.6%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.9, 17.6%, 42.4%)

CMYK17.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,858,924

CSS custom property--colour: #59666C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12709WCAG 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 5.93:1

Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#A69993

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63656Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#60636Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#546868no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 6.5 Slate grey · ΔE 12 Gray · ΔE 12.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C5F59

Analogous#596C68, #595D6C

Triadic#6C5966, #666C59

Split complementary#6C595D, #6C6859

Tetradic#68596C, #6C5F59, #5D6C59

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C3CACE

Lighter +30%#A7B2B7

Lighter +20%#8B99A0

Lighter +10%#708088

Darker −10%#424C50

Darker −20%#2B3134

Darker −30%#141718

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#406F85

Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R89

G102

B108

Red89 (34.9%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue198.95°

Saturation (HSL)9.64%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 66 · B 6C

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Colour values

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