Recognised as Colour

#597F86

#597F86
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#597F86 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 127, 134 and HSL 189°, 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#597F86

RGBrgb(89, 127, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.498, 0.5255

RGB percentages34.9%, 49.8%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(189.3, 20.2%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.3, 33.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK33.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 47.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,865,350

CSS custom property--colour: #597F86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1

Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

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

Greyscale equivalent#777777

Inverted#A68079

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#797C86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#717686no 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 8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA

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

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 9.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 11 Cadetblue · ΔE 13.3 Gray · ΔE 14.3 Dim grey · ΔE 15.3 Teal · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#866059

Analogous#598676, #596986

Triadic#86597F, #7F8659

Split complementary#865969, #867659

Tetradic#765986, #866059, #698659

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDDBDE

Lighter +30%#AEC5CA

Lighter +20%#90AFB5

Lighter +10%#7199A1

Darker −10%#456267

Darker −20%#304549

Darker −30%#1C282A

Darker −40%#080B0B

More saturated +25%#3D92A2

Less saturated −25%#707070

Channel breakdown

R89

G127

B134

Red89 (34.9%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue189.33°

Saturation (HSL)20.18%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G 7F · B 86

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