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Recognised as Colour

#059A50

  • #059A50
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#059A50 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 154, 80 and HSL 150°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#059A50#059A50
HEX#059A50
RGBrgb(5, 154, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6039, 0.3137
RGB percentages2%, 60.4%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(150.2, 93.7%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(150.2, 96.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 48.1%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,184
CSS custom property--colour: #059A50;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#FA65AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8C4Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8255no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009888no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.2Sea green · ΔE 15.6Forest green · ΔE 16.6Green · ΔE 22.7Dark green · ΔE 24.6Olivedrab · ΔE 30.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A054F
Analogous#059A06, #059A9A
Triadic#50059A, #9A5005
Split complementary#9A059A, #9A0505
Tetradic#05059A, #9A054F, #9A9A05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#71FAB6
Lighter +30%#3FF99D
Lighter +20%#0EF783
Lighter +10%#07CB6A
Darker −10%#036936
Darker −20%#02371D
Darker −30%#000603
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009F50
Less saturated −25%#198650

Channel breakdown

R5
G154
B80
Red5 (2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue150.2°
Saturation (HSL)93.71%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9A · B 50

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