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Recognised as Colour

#059B5C

  • #059B5C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#059B5C is a cyan with RGB values 5, 155, 92 and HSL 155°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#059B5C#059B5C
HEX#059B5C
RGBrgb(5, 155, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6078, 0.3608
RGB percentages2%, 60.8%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(154.8, 93.7%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.8, 96.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 40.6%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,452
CSS custom property--colour: #059B5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.85:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FA64A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8E58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B8360no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 9.1Sea green · ΔE 11.5Forest green · ΔE 22.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.1Dark green · ΔE 27.9Green · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 9.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B0544
Analogous#059B11, #058F9B
Triadic#5C059B, #9B5C05
Split complementary#9B058F, #9B1105
Tetradic#11059B, #9B0544, #8F9B05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72FAC1
Lighter +30%#40F9AB
Lighter +20%#0FF796
Lighter +10%#07CC79
Darker −10%#036A3F
Darker −20%#023821
Darker −30%#000704
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A05D
Less saturated −25%#198759

Channel breakdown

R5
G155
B92
Red5 (2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue154.8°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9B · B 5C

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