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Recognised as Colour

#596C72

  • #596C72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#596C72 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 108, 114 and HSL 194°, 12%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#596C72#596C72
HEX#596C72
RGBrgb(89, 108, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4235, 0.4471
RGB percentages34.9%, 42.4%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(194.4, 12.3%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 21.9%, 44.7%)
CMYK21.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,860,466
CSS custom property--colour: #596C72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#A6938D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#686B72no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#646772no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#526E6Eno 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 text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8Slate grey · ΔE 10.4Gray · ΔE 12.2Light slate grey · ΔE 13.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.6Cadetblue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#725F59
Analogous#59726C, #596072
Triadic#72596C, #6C7259
Split complementary#725960, #726B59
Tetradic#6B5972, #725F59, #607259

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5CFD2
Lighter +30%#A9B7BB
Lighter +20%#8C9FA5
Lighter +10%#6F878F
Darker −10%#435155
Darker −20%#2C3639
Darker −30%#161B1C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#40798B
Less saturated −25%#666666

Channel breakdown

R89
G108
B114
Red89 (34.9%)
Green108 (42.4%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue194.4°
Saturation (HSL)12.32%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6C · B 72

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