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Recognised as Colour

#59737B

  • #59737B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Slate grey

#59737B is a cyan with RGB values 89, 115, 123 and HSL 194°, 16%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#59737B#59737B
HEX#59737B
RGBrgb(89, 115, 123)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.451, 0.4824
RGB percentages34.9%, 45.1%, 48.2%
HSLhsl(194.1, 16%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 27.6%, 48.2%)
CMYK27.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,862,267
CSS custom property--colour: #59737B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15815WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.04:1
Contrast with white5.04:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#A68C84

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E717Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#686D7Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4E7675no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 8.6Dim grey · ΔE 10.8Light slate grey · ΔE 11.1Gray · ΔE 12.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.5Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7B6159
Analogous#597B72, #59627B
Triadic#7B5973, #737B59
Split complementary#7B5962, #7B7259
Tetradic#72597B, #7B6159, #627B59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8D4D8
Lighter +30%#ABBDC2
Lighter +20%#8DA5AD
Lighter +10%#708E97
Darker −10%#44575D
Darker −20%#2E3C40
Darker −30%#192022
Darker −40%#030405
More saturated +25%#3E8195
Less saturated −25%#6A6A6A

Channel breakdown

R89
G115
B123
Red89 (34.9%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue123 (48.2%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)16.04%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 73 · B 7B

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