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Recognised as Colour

#005942

  • #005942
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005942 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 89, 66 and HSL 164°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005942#005942
HEX#005942
RGBrgb(0, 89, 66)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.349, 0.2588
RGB percentages0%, 34.9%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(164.5, 100%, 17.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.5, 100%, 34.9%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 25.8%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer22,850
CSS custom property--colour: #005942;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.37:1
Contrast with white8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#FFA6BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#565241no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D4B44no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#005953no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.8Teal · ΔE 21.6Sea green · ΔE 24.9Dark cyan · ΔE 24.9Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.7Dim grey · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 20.84, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#590017
Analogous#005915, #004459
Triadic#420059, #594200
Split complementary#590044, #591500
Tetradic#150059, #590017, #445900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#26FFC7
Lighter +30%#00F2B3
Lighter +20%#00BF8E
Lighter +10%#008C68
Darker −10%#00261C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005942
Less saturated −25%#0B4E3D

Channel breakdown

R0
G89
B66
Red0 (0%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue164.49°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 59 · B 42

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