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Recognised as Colour

#009C59

  • #009C59
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#009C59 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 156, 89 and HSL 154°, 100%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#009C59#009C59
HEX#009C59
RGBrgb(0, 156, 89)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.6118, 0.349
RGB percentages0%, 61.2%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(154.2, 100%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.2, 100%, 61.2%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 42.9%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer40,025
CSS custom property--colour: #009C59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24498WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.9:1
Contrast with white3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.9:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#767676
Inverted#FF63A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B8E54no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C835Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009A8Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 9.1Sea green · ΔE 13.3Forest green · ΔE 20.4Green · ΔE 26.5Dark green · ΔE 27.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C0043
Analogous#009C0B, #00919C
Triadic#59009C, #9C5900
Split complementary#9C0091, #9C0B00
Tetradic#0B009C, #9C0043, #919C00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FFBF
Lighter +30%#36FFA9
Lighter +20%#03FF93
Lighter +10%#00CF76
Darker −10%#00693C
Darker −20%#00361F
Darker −30%#000302
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009C59
Less saturated −25%#148956

Channel breakdown

R0
G156
B89
Red0 (0%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue154.23°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 9C · B 59

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