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Recognised as Colour

#059A89

  • #059A89
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#059A89 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 154, 137 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

#059A89#059A89
HEX#059A89
RGBrgb(5, 154, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6039, 0.5373
RGB percentages2%, 60.4%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(173.2, 93.7%, 31.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 96.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 11%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,241
CSS custom property--colour: #059A89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.99:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FA6576

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#929088no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#82848Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009D95no 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 text5.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.4Dark cyan · ΔE 12.1Teal · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A0516
Analogous#059A3E, #05619A
Triadic#89059A, #9A8905
Split complementary#9A0561, #9A3E05
Tetradic#3E059A, #9A0516, #619A05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#71FAEB
Lighter +30%#3FF9E4
Lighter +20%#0EF7DD
Lighter +10%#07CBB5
Darker −10%#03695D
Darker −20%#023731
Darker −30%#000605
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009F8D
Less saturated −25%#19867A

Channel breakdown

R5
G154
B137
Red5 (2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue173.15°
Saturation (HSL)93.71%
Lightness31.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9A · B 89

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