Recognised as Colour

#5D858E

#5D858E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#5D858E is a cyan with RGB values 93, 133, 142 and HSL 191°, 21%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#5D858E

RGBrgb(93, 133, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.5216, 0.5569

RGB percentages36.5%, 52.2%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(191, 20.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191, 34.5%, 55.7%)

CMYK34.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,129,038

CSS custom property--colour: #5D858E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.21:1

Contrast with white4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#A27A71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7E828Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#767C8Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4B8988no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 9.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 11.7 Gray · ΔE 14.8 Dim grey · ΔE 17.1 Teal · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E665D

Analogous#5D8E7F, #5D6D8E

Triadic#8E5D85, #858E5D

Split complementary#8E5D6D, #8E7E5D

Tetradic#7F5D8E, #8E665D, #6D8E5D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4E0E3

Lighter +30%#B5CACF

Lighter +20%#96B4BB

Lighter +10%#789EA6

Darker −10%#49686F

Darker −20%#354B50

Darker −30%#202E32

Darker −40%#0C1213

More saturated +25%#4098AB

Less saturated −25%#767676

Channel breakdown

R93

G133

B142

Red93 (36.5%)

Green133 (52.2%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue191.02°

Saturation (HSL)20.85%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5D · G 85 · B 8E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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