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Recognised as Colour

#059C9E

  • #059C9E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#059C9E is a cyan with RGB values 5, 156, 158 and HSL 181°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#059C9E#059C9E
HEX#059C9E
RGBrgb(5, 156, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6118, 0.6196
RGB percentages2%, 61.2%, 62%
HSLhsl(180.8, 93.9%, 32%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 96.8%, 62%)
CMYK96.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,774
CSS custom property--colour: #059C9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white3.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#FA6361

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90949Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E869Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A29Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.36:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 6.6Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Teal · ΔE 10.9Cadetblue · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 6.61, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E0705
Analogous#059E53, #05509E
Triadic#9E059C, #9C9E05
Split complementary#9E0550, #9E5305
Tetradic#53059E, #9E0705, #509E05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#74F9FB
Lighter +30%#43F7F9
Lighter +20%#12F4F7
Lighter +10%#07CDCF
Darker −10%#036B6D
Darker −20%#023A3B
Darker −30%#000A0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A1A3
Less saturated −25%#19888A

Channel breakdown

R5
G156
B158
Red5 (2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue180.78°
Saturation (HSL)93.87%
Lightness31.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9C · B 9E

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