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Recognised as Colour

#059F65

  • #059F65
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#059F65 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 159, 101 and HSL 157°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#059F65#059F65
HEX#059F65
RGBrgb(5, 159, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6235, 0.3961
RGB percentages2%, 62.4%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(157.4, 93.9%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.4, 96.9%, 62.4%)
CMYK96.9%, 0%, 36.5%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer368,485
CSS custom property--colour: #059F65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.25768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.15:1
Contrast with white3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#FA609A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9261no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E8669no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009E90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.4Sea green · ΔE 11.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.2Forest green · ΔE 25.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 29.2Light seagreen · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F053F
Analogous#059F18, #058C9F
Triadic#65059F, #9F6505
Split complementary#9F058C, #9F1805
Tetradic#18059F, #9F053F, #8C9F05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75FBC8
Lighter +30%#44F9B5
Lighter +20%#12F8A1
Lighter +10%#07D084
Darker −10%#036E46
Darker −20%#023C26
Darker −30%#000B07
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A466
Less saturated −25%#1A8B60

Channel breakdown

R5
G159
B101
Red5 (2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue157.4°
Saturation (HSL)93.9%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9F · B 65

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