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Recognised as Colour

#596D6C

  • #596D6C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#596D6C is a cyan with RGB values 89, 109, 108 and HSL 177°, 10%, 39%. 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

#596D6C#596D6C
HEX#596D6C
RGBrgb(89, 109, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4275, 0.4235
RGB percentages34.9%, 42.7%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(177, 10.1%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 18.3%, 42.7%)
CMYK18.3%, 0%, 0.9%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,860,716
CSS custom property--colour: #596D6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14144WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.48:1
Contrast with white5.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#A69293

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6A6B6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#66686Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#536E6Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.48:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.83:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 7.9Gray · ΔE 12.1Slate grey · ΔE 13.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 15.7Cadetblue · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 7.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D595A
Analogous#596D62, #59646D
Triadic#6C596D, #6D6C59
Split complementary#6D5964, #6D6259
Tetradic#62596D, #6D595A, #646D59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4CECE
Lighter +30%#A7B8B7
Lighter +20%#8BA1A0
Lighter +10%#708988
Darker −10%#425150
Darker −20%#2B3534
Darker −30%#141919
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#408682
Less saturated −25%#636363

Channel breakdown

R89
G109
B108
Red89 (34.9%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue177°
Saturation (HSL)10.1%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6D · B 6C

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