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Recognised as Colour

#005953

  • #005953
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#005953 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 89, 83 and HSL 176°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#005953#005953
HEX#005953
RGBrgb(0, 89, 83)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.349, 0.3255
RGB percentages0%, 34.9%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(176, 100%, 17.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 100%, 34.9%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 6.7%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer22,867
CSS custom property--colour: #005953;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.22:1
Contrast with white8.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#464646
Inverted#FFA6AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#535353no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#494B54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#005B57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.8Teal · ΔE 16.3Dark cyan · ΔE 20.6Dim grey · ΔE 26.9Cadetblue · ΔE 28.4Slate grey · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#590006
Analogous#005926, #003359
Triadic#530059, #595300
Split complementary#590032, #592700
Tetradic#270059, #590006, #325900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#26FFF0
Lighter +30%#00F2E2
Lighter +20%#00BFB2
Lighter +10%#008C83
Darker −10%#002623
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005953
Less saturated −25%#0B4E49

Channel breakdown

R0
G89
B83
Red0 (0%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue175.96°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 59 · B 53

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