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Recognised as Colour

#053230

  • #053230
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#053230 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 50, 48 and HSL 177°, 82%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#053230#053230
HEX#053230
RGBrgb(5, 50, 48)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.1961, 0.1882
RGB percentages2%, 19.6%, 18.8%
HSLhsl(177.3, 81.8%, 10.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.3, 90%, 19.6%)
CMYK90%, 0%, 4%, 80.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer340,528
CSS custom property--colour: #053230;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness41.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.95:1
Contrast with white13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#282828
Inverted#FACDCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E2F30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#282A30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#003431no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.6Black · ΔE 23.7Dim grey · ΔE 30.5Teal · ΔE 33.7Slate grey · ΔE 37.9Dark cyan · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#320507
Analogous#05321A, #051D32
Triadic#300532, #323005
Split complementary#32051D, #321A05
Tetradic#1A0532, #320507, #1D3205

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#1BE8DF
Lighter +30%#13BDB6
Lighter +20%#0E8F89
Lighter +10%#0A605D
Darker −10%#000403
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#003735
Less saturated −25%#0C2B2A

Channel breakdown

R5
G50
B48
Red5 (2%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue48 (18.8%)
Hue177.33°
Saturation (HSL)81.82%
Lightness10.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 32 · B 30

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