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Recognised as Colour

#059A88

  • #059A88
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#059A88 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 154, 136 and HSL 173°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#059A88#059A88
HEX#059A88
RGBrgb(5, 154, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6039, 0.5333
RGB percentages2%, 60.4%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(172.8, 93.7%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.8, 96.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 11.7%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,240
CSS custom property--colour: #059A88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FA6577

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939087no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#82848Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original
Tritanopia#009D94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.7Dark cyan · ΔE 12.6Teal · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 20.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.5Sea green · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A0517
Analogous#059A3D, #05629A
Triadic#88059A, #9A8805
Split complementary#9A0562, #9A3D05
Tetradic#3D059A, #9A0517, #629A05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#71FAEA
Lighter +30%#3FF9E2
Lighter +20%#0EF7DB
Lighter +10%#07CBB4
Darker −10%#03695C
Darker −20%#023731
Darker −30%#000605
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009F8C
Less saturated −25%#198679

Channel breakdown

R5
G154
B136
Red5 (2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue172.75°
Saturation (HSL)93.71%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9A · B 88

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