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Recognised as Colour

#059ACA

  • #059ACA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#059ACA is a cyan with RGB values 5, 154, 202 and HSL 195°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#059ACA#059ACA
HEX#059ACA
RGBrgb(5, 154, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6039, 0.7922
RGB percentages2%, 60.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(194.6, 95.2%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 97.5%, 79.2%)
CMYK97.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,306
CSS custom property--colour: #059ACA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.48:1
Contrast with white3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#FA6535

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8198CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A88C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A7AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 21.9Sky blue · ΔE 23.7Cadetblue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA3505
Analogous#05CA98, #0537CA
Triadic#CA059A, #9ACA05
Split complementary#CA0537, #CA9805
Tetradic#9805CA, #CA3505, #37CA05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EE6FD
Lighter +30%#6DD9FB
Lighter +20%#3BCCFA
Lighter +10%#09BEF9
Darker −10%#047498
Darker −20%#034E66
Darker −30%#012835
Darker −40%#000203
More saturated +25%#009DCF
Less saturated −25%#1F8DB0

Channel breakdown

R5
G154
B202
Red5 (2%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue194.62°
Saturation (HSL)95.17%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9A · B CA

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