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Recognised as Colour

#5A706C

  • #5A706C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#5A706C is a cyan with RGB values 90, 112, 108 and HSL 169°, 11%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#5A706C#5A706C
HEX#5A706C
RGBrgb(90, 112, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.4392, 0.4235
RGB percentages35.3%, 43.9%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(169.1, 10.9%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 19.6%, 43.9%)
CMYK19.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,927,020
CSS custom property--colour: #5A706C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1
Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#A58F93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E6D6Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6A6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#54716Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.1Gray · ΔE 12.2Slate grey · ΔE 14.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.8Light slate grey · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#705A5E
Analogous#5A7061, #5A6970
Triadic#6C5A70, #706C5A
Split complementary#705A69, #70615A
Tetradic#615A70, #705A5E, #69705A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5D1CF
Lighter +30%#A9BAB7
Lighter +20%#8DA39F
Lighter +10%#718C87
Darker −10%#435451
Darker −20%#2D3735
Darker −30%#161B1A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#41897C
Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R90
G112
B108
Red90 (35.3%)
Green112 (43.9%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue169.09°
Saturation (HSL)10.89%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G 70 · B 6C

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