Recognised as Colour
#597B72
- #597B72
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dim grey
#597B72 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 123, 114 and HSL 164°, 16%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.
Colour values
#597B72#597B72
HEX#597B72
RGBrgb(89, 123, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.4824, 0.4471
RGB percentages34.9%, 48.2%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(164.1, 16%, 41.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.1, 27.6%, 48.2%)
CMYK27.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,864,306
CSS custom property--colour: #597B72;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.17505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.67:1
Contrast with white4.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#A6848D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#7B5962
Analogous#597B61, #59737B
Triadic#72597B, #7B7259
Split complementary#7B5973, #7B6159
Tetradic#61597B, #7B5962, #737B59
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R89
G123
B114
Red89 (34.9%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue164.12°
Saturation (HSL)16.04%
Lightness41.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G 7B · B 72
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