Recognised as Colour

#597F85

#597F85
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#597F85 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 127, 133 and HSL 188°, 20%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#597F85

RGBrgb(89, 127, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.498, 0.5216

RGB percentages34.9%, 49.8%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(188.2, 19.8%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 33.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK33.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,865,349

CSS custom property--colour: #597F85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1

Contrast with white4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#A6807A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#797C85no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#717685no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#498281no 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 text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 10.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 11.4 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2 Gray · ΔE 14.2 Dim grey · ΔE 15.2 Teal · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#855F59

Analogous#598575, #596985

Triadic#85597F, #7F8559

Split complementary#855969, #857559

Tetradic#755985, #855F59, #698559

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CDDBDD

Lighter +30%#AEC5C9

Lighter +20%#90AFB4

Lighter +10%#719AA0

Darker −10%#456266

Darker −20%#304548

Darker −30%#1C2729

Darker −40%#070A0B

More saturated +25%#3D93A1

Less saturated −25%#6F6F6F

Channel breakdown

R89

G127

B133

Red89 (34.9%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue188.18°

Saturation (HSL)19.82%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 7F · B 85

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