Information about #115F5C color

#115F5C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#115F5C falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(17, 95, 92) — 6.7% red, 37.3% green, 36.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 31 / 0 / 1 / 63. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #115F5C reads as a strongly colored aqua cyan and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Tuesday Rising (#0B6A54). Slightly further away sit Dark Green Blue (#1F6357) and Caesar (#1B6767).

The recipe behind #115F5C is rgb(17, 95, 92), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #115F5C: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:63), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#115F5C color variations

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#115F5C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #115F5C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Caesar color link
Caesar

#1B6767

Mosque color link
Mosque

#005F5B

Blue Stone color link
Blue Stone

#016162

Retro color link
Retro

#1B5256

Deep Cyan color link
Deep Cyan

#005959

Robin Hood color link
Robin Hood

#167057

Deep Teal color link
Deep Teal

#00555A

Watercourse color link
Watercourse

#056F57

Peacock Blue color link
Peacock Blue

#005F69

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#115F5C
  • RGB17, 95, 92
  • CMYK31, 0, 1, 63
  • CSSrgb(17, 95, 92)
  • HSL178°, 70%, 22%
  • HSL Precise177.692°, 69.643%, 21.961%
  • HSV178°, 82%, 37%
  • HSB178°, 82%, 37%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.067
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • GLSLvec3(0.067, 0.373, 0.361)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.067, 0.373, 0.361, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.067, 0.373, 0.361)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB6.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB37.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID115F5C
  • DECIMAL ID1138524
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01