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Recognised as Colour

#59706D

  • #59706D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#59706D is a cyan with RGB values 89, 112, 109 and HSL 172°, 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

#59706D#59706D
HEX#59706D
RGBrgb(89, 112, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4392, 0.4275
RGB percentages34.9%, 43.9%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(172.2, 11.4%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 20.5%, 43.9%)
CMYK20.5%, 0%, 2.7%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,861,485
CSS custom property--colour: #59706D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.3:1
Contrast with white5.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#A68F92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E6D6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#696A6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#53716Fno 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 text5.3:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.3Gray · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 13.9Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 16.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#70595C
Analogous#597062, #596870
Triadic#6D5970, #706D59
Split complementary#705968, #706259
Tetradic#625970, #70595C, #687059

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4D1CF
Lighter +30%#A8BAB8
Lighter +20%#8CA3A0
Lighter +10%#708C89
Darker −10%#425451
Darker −20%#2C3736
Darker −30%#151B1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#408980
Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R89
G112
B109
Red89 (34.9%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue172.17°
Saturation (HSL)11.44%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 70 · B 6D

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