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Recognised as Colour

#005159

  • #005159
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005159 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 81, 89 and HSL 185°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005159#005159
HEX#005159
RGBrgb(0, 81, 89)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3176, 0.349
RGB percentages0%, 31.8%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(185.4, 100%, 17.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 100%, 34.9%)
CMYK100%, 9%, 0%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer20,825
CSS custom property--colour: #005159;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#404040
Inverted#FFAEA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#494D5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E4559no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#005553no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.5Teal · ΔE 20.6Dark cyan · ΔE 24.8Dim grey · ΔE 25Slate grey · ΔE 27.1Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#590800
Analogous#005935, #002459
Triadic#590051, #515900
Split complementary#590024, #593500
Tetradic#350059, #590800, #245900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#26EBFF
Lighter +30%#00DCF2
Lighter +20%#00AEBF
Lighter +10%#007F8C
Darker −10%#002326
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005159
Less saturated −25%#0B484E

Channel breakdown

R0
G81
B89
Red0 (0%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue185.39°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 51 · B 59

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