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Recognised as Colour

#059C34

  • #059C34
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Forest green

#059C34 is a green with RGB values 5, 156, 52 and HSL 139°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Forest green.

Colour values

#059C34#059C34
HEX#059C34
RGBrgb(5, 156, 52)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6118, 0.2039
RGB percentages2%, 61.2%, 20.4%
HSLhsl(138.7, 93.8%, 31.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(138.7, 96.8%, 61.2%)
CMYK96.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,668
CSS custom property--colour: #059C34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FA63CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E8D27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#90833Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009886no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Forest green · ΔE 8.8Green · ΔE 12.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 22.6Dark green · ΔE 23.8Limegreen · ΔE 26.7Olivedrab · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourForest green (#228B22)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9C056D
Analogous#219C05, #059C80
Triadic#34059C, #9C3405
Split complementary#80059C, #9C0521
Tetradic#05219C, #9C056D, #9C8005

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#73FA9D
Lighter +30%#41F97A
Lighter +20%#10F758
Lighter +10%#07CD44
Darker −10%#036B24
Darker −20%#023913
Darker −30%#000803
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A132
Less saturated −25%#19883C

Channel breakdown

R5
G156
B52
Red5 (2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue52 (20.4%)
Hue138.68°
Saturation (HSL)93.79%
Lightness31.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9C · B 34

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