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Recognised as Colour

#59736C

  • #59736C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#59736C is a cyan with RGB values 89, 115, 108 and HSL 164°, 13%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#59736C#59736C
HEX#59736C
RGBrgb(89, 115, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.451, 0.4235
RGB percentages34.9%, 45.1%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(163.8, 12.7%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.8, 22.6%, 45.1%)
CMYK22.6%, 0%, 6.1%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,862,252
CSS custom property--colour: #59736C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15468WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#A68C93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#71706Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C6C6Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Tritanopia#537471no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 11.2Gray · ΔE 13.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7Slate grey · ΔE 15.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17.7Cadetblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#735960
Analogous#59735F, #596D73
Triadic#6C5973, #736C59
Split complementary#73596D, #735F59
Tetradic#5F5973, #735960, #6D7359

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6D3CF
Lighter +30%#A9BCB7
Lighter +20%#8CA69F
Lighter +10%#6F9087
Darker −10%#435651
Darker −20%#2D3A36
Darker −30%#161D1B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#408D78
Less saturated −25%#666666

Channel breakdown

R89
G115
B108
Red89 (34.9%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue163.85°
Saturation (HSL)12.75%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 73 · B 6C

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