Recognised as Colour

#5B8F97

#5B8F97
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#5B8F97 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 143, 151 and HSL 188°, 25%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5B8F97#5B8F97

HEX#5B8F97

RGBrgb(91, 143, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.5608, 0.5922

RGB percentages35.7%, 56.1%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(188, 24.8%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188, 39.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK39.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,000,535

CSS custom property--colour: #5B8F97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness130.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1

Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#A47068

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#878B98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D8397no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original

Tritanopia#429391no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 13 Slate grey · ΔE 13.5 Teal · ΔE 15.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 16 Gray · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97635B

Analogous#5B9781, #5B7197

Triadic#975B8F, #8F975B

Split complementary#975B71, #97815B

Tetradic#815B97, #97635B, #71975B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7E5E7

Lighter +30%#B7D0D4

Lighter +20%#97BBC1

Lighter +10%#78A6AD

Darker −10%#487177

Darker −20%#355357

Darker −30%#213538

Darker −40%#0E1618

More saturated +25%#3DA5B5

Less saturated −25%#797979

Channel breakdown

R91

G143

B151

Red91 (35.7%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue188°

Saturation (HSL)24.79%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G 8F · B 97

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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