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Recognised as Colour

#5B736F

  • #5B736F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#5B736F is a cyan with RGB values 91, 115, 111 and HSL 170°, 12%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#5B736F#5B736F
HEX#5B736F
RGBrgb(91, 115, 111)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.451, 0.4353
RGB percentages35.7%, 45.1%, 43.5%
HSLhsl(170, 11.7%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170, 20.9%, 45.1%)
CMYK20.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,993,327
CSS custom property--colour: #5B736F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness107.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1
Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#A48C90

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#71706Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C6D6Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#557472no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.9Gray · ΔE 12Slate grey · ΔE 14Dark slate grey · ΔE 15.7Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Cadetblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#735B5F
Analogous#5B7363, #5B6B73
Triadic#6F5B73, #736F5B
Split complementary#735B6B, #73635B
Tetradic#635B73, #735B5F, #6B735B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7D3D1
Lighter +30%#ABBCB9
Lighter +20%#8EA6A2
Lighter +10%#728F8A
Darker −10%#445754
Darker −20%#2E3A38
Darker −30%#171E1D
Darker −40%#010101
More saturated +25%#418D80
Less saturated −25%#676767

Channel breakdown

R91
G115
B111
Red91 (35.7%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue111 (43.5%)
Hue170°
Saturation (HSL)11.65%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G 73 · B 6F

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