HEX atlas value

#005F6A

#005F6A is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Petrol Blue. RGB 0, 95, 106, HSL 186° 100% 21%, luminance 0.0923; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool dark

#005F6A Sample readable text

HEX #005F6A

RGB rgb(0, 95, 106)

HSL hsl(186 100% 21%)

CMYK cmyk(100, 10, 0, 58)

Luminance 0.0923

Contrast Black 2.85:1White 7.38:1

CSS

--color-005f6a: #005F6A;
.background-005f6a { background-color: #005F6A; }
.text-005f6a { color: #005F6A; }

HEX meaning and use

About #005F6A

#005F6A is classified as a cool cyan value with dark visual character. #005F6A is visually closest to Petrol Blue, a named cyan color with HEX #005F6A.

The RGB channels are 0, 95, and 106, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 186deg with 100% saturation and 21% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.0923, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.85:1AA Fail

White text7.38:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #005F6A needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.85:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.38:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#000E0F#000E0F · #FFFFFF text · best 19.63:1 #002B6B#002B6B · #FFFFFF text · best 13.48:1 #6B0B00#6B0B00 · #FFFFFF text · best 12.54:1 #00B3C7#00B3C7 · #000000 text · best 8.27:1 #0C575F#0C575F · #FFFFFF text · best 8.25:1

Generated Palette

Petrol Blue#005F6A

#6B0B00#6B0B00

#006B40#006B40

#002B6B#002B6B

#00B3C7#00B3C7

#000E0F#000E0F

Color Harmonies

#6B0B00#6B0B00

#006B40#006B40

#002B6B#002B6B

#6B0060#6B0060

#606B00#606B00

Variants

#00B3C7#00B3C7

#000E0F#000E0F

#00606B#00606B

#0C575F#0C575F

#12C5D9#12C5D9

#008594#008594

Nearest Named Colors

Petrol Blue#005F6A

Peacock Blue#005F69

Peacock Green#006D5B

Pine Green#01796F

Bottle Green#006A4E

Luminance0.0923

Black text2.85:1AA Fail

White text7.38:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#005F6A","rgb":[0,95,106],"hsl":[186,100,21],"cmyk":[100,10,0,58],"luminance":0.0923,"contrast":{"black":2.85,"white":7.38}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.85,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.38,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#000E0F","hex":"#000E0F","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.63,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#002B6B","hex":"#002B6B","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.56,"contrastWhite":13.48,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#6B0B00","hex":"#6B0B00","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.67,"contrastWhite":12.54,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#00B3C7","hex":"#00B3C7","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.27,"contrastWhite":2.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#0C575F","hex":"#0C575F","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.54,"contrastWhite":8.25,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","dark","dark cyan","Petrol Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/005f6a.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/petrol-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peacock-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peacock-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6B0B00","analogous":["#006B40","#002B6B"],"triadic":["#6B0060","#606B00"],"tetradic":["#40006B","#6B0B00","#2B6B00"],"splitComplementary":["#6B002B","#6B4000"],"monochromatic":["#00B3C7","#005F6A","#000E0F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#00B3C7","dark":"#000E0F","saturated":"#00606B","desaturated":"#0C575F","pastel":"#12C5D9","neon":"#008594"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"petrol-blue","name":"Petrol Blue","hex":"#005F6A","distance":0},{"slug":"peacock-blue","name":"Peacock Blue","hex":"#005F69","distance":1},{"slug":"peacock-green","name":"Peacock Green","hex":"#006D5B","distance":20.518284528683193},{"slug":"pine-green","name":"Pine Green","hex":"#01796F","distance":26.49528259898354},{"slug":"bottle-green","name":"Bottle Green","hex":"#006A4E","distance":30.083217912982647}]

#005F6A

CSS

About #005F6A

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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