All About Color Watercourse

#056F57

A deep, rich teal, like the color of a flowing river.

About Watercourse

Watercourse is a dark cyan color with the hex code #056F57. In RGB it is red 5, green 111, blue 87; in HSL it is hue 166°, saturation 91%, lightness 23%; in CMYK it is 95%, 0%, 22%, 56%. Its contrast ratio is 6.14:1 on white and 3.42:1 on black.

#056F57 Color Conversion

Hex triplet05, 6F, 57
CMYK95.50%, 0.00%, 21.62%, 56.47%
RGB Decimal5, 111, 87
HSL166°, 91%, 23%
RGB Octal5, 157, 127
HSV (HSB)166.42°, 95.50%, 43.53%
RGB Binary101, 1101111, 1010111
CIE-L*AB41.36, -33.08, 5.87
RGB Percent1.96%, 43.53%, 34.12%
CIE-L*CH41.36, 33.60, 169.94
XYZ7.47, 12.09, 10.96
CIE-L*UV41.36, -33.92, 12.10
xyY0.24, 0.40, 12.09
Hunter-Lab34.77, -22.51, 5.66
RYB1.96%, 25.40%, 43.53%

Color Accessibility Scores

#056F57 on a dark background: contrast 3.42:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.
#056F57 on a light background: contrast 6.14:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Watercourse, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Watercourse. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#056F57 · #09C89B · #011813 · #70051E · #C80936

Analogous palette

#1E7005 · #057022 · #056F57 · #055470 · #051E70

Triadic palette

#056F57 · #570570 · #705705 · #09C89B · #9B09C8

Tetradic palette

#056F57 · #220570 · #70051E · #547005 · #011813

Monochromatic palette

#011813 · #02271E · #056F57 · #09B990 · #1AF4C1

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