Recognised as Colour

#5E757E

#5E757E
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#5E757E is a cyan with RGB values 94, 117, 126 and HSL 197°, 15%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#5E757E

RGBrgb(94, 117, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.4588, 0.4941

RGB percentages36.9%, 45.9%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(196.9, 14.5%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 25.4%, 49.4%)

CMYK25.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,190,462

CSS custom property--colour: #5E757E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#717171

Inverted#A18A81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#70747Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B707Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#547878no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 7.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 9.7 Dim grey · ΔE 10.4 Gray · ΔE 11.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 17.9 Cadetblue · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E675E

Analogous#5E7E77, #5E657E

Triadic#7E5E75, #757E5E

Split complementary#7E5E65, #7E775E

Tetradic#775E7E, #7E675E, #657E5E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CED7DA

Lighter +30%#B1BFC4

Lighter +20%#93A7AF

Lighter +10%#768F99

Darker −10%#485A61

Darker −20%#323F44

Darker −30%#1D2426

Darker −40%#070909

More saturated +25%#43819A

Less saturated −25%#6E6E6E

Channel breakdown

R94

G117

B126

Red94 (36.9%)

Green117 (45.9%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue196.88°

Saturation (HSL)14.55%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5E · G 75 · B 7E

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Colour harmonies

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