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Recognised as Colour

#596F70

  • #596F70
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#596F70 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 111, 112 and HSL 183°, 11%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#596F70#596F70
HEX#596F70
RGBrgb(89, 111, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4353, 0.4392
RGB percentages34.9%, 43.5%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(182.6, 11.4%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 20.5%, 43.9%)
CMYK20.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,861,232
CSS custom property--colour: #596F70;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1
Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#A6908F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C6D70no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#676970no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#52716Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.5Gray · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 12Light slate grey · ΔE 14.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#705A59
Analogous#597066, #596470
Triadic#70596F, #6F7059
Split complementary#705964, #706659
Tetradic#665970, #705A59, #647059

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4D0D1
Lighter +30%#A8B9BA
Lighter +20%#8CA2A3
Lighter +10%#708B8C
Darker −10%#425354
Darker −20%#2C3737
Darker −30%#151B1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#408689
Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R89
G111
B112
Red89 (34.9%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue182.61°
Saturation (HSL)11.44%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 6F · B 70

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