Recognised as Colour
#005558
- #005558
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark slate grey
#005558 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 85, 88 and HSL 182°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.
Colour values
#005558#005558
HEX#005558
RGBrgb(0, 85, 88)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.3333, 0.3451
RGB percentages0%, 33.3%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(182, 100%, 17.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182, 100%, 34.5%)
CMYK100%, 3.4%, 0%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer21,848
CSS custom property--colour: #005558;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.07202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.61:1
Contrast with white8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#434343
Inverted#FFAAA7
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#580300
Analogous#00582F, #002958
Triadic#580055, #555800
Split complementary#580029, #582F00
Tetradic#2F0058, #580300, #295800
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G85
B88
Red0 (0%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue182.05°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 55 · B 58
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