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Colour

#059B76

  • #059B76
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059B76 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 155, 118 and HSL 165°, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#059B76#059B76
HEX#059B76
RGBrgb(5, 155, 118)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6078, 0.4627
RGB percentages2%, 60.8%, 46.3%
HSLhsl(165.2, 93.7%, 31.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.2, 96.8%, 60.8%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,478
CSS custom property--colour: #059B76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.96:1
Contrast with white3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#FA6489

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#978F74no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#878479no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009C91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.4Light seagreen · ΔE 19.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.6Dark cyan · ΔE 23.3Teal · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B052A
Analogous#059B2B, #05759B
Triadic#76059B, #9B7605
Split complementary#9B0575, #9B2B05
Tetradic#2B059B, #9B052A, #759B05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#72FAD9
Lighter +30%#40F9CB
Lighter +20%#0FF7BE
Lighter +10%#07CC9C
Darker −10%#036A50
Darker −20%#02382B
Darker −30%#000705
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A079
Less saturated −25%#19876C

Channel breakdown

R5
G155
B118
Red5 (2%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue118 (46.3%)
Hue165.2°
Saturation (HSL)93.75%
Lightness31.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9B · B 76

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