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Recognised as Colour

#059F9B

  • #059F9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#059F9B is a cyan with RGB values 5, 159, 155 and HSL 178°, 94%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#059F9B#059F9B
HEX#059F9B
RGBrgb(5, 159, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6235, 0.6078
RGB percentages2%, 62.4%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(178.4, 93.9%, 32.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.4, 96.9%, 62.4%)
CMYK96.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer368,539
CSS custom property--colour: #059F9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27195WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness132.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.44:1
Contrast with white3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7E7E7E
Inverted#FA6064

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94969Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#82899Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00A49Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.3Dark cyan · ΔE 8.2Teal · ΔE 12.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9F0509
Analogous#059F4E, #05569F
Triadic#9B059F, #9F9B05
Split complementary#9F0556, #9F4E05
Tetradic#4E059F, #9F0509, #569F05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#75FBF7
Lighter +30%#44F9F4
Lighter +20%#12F8F2
Lighter +10%#07D0CB
Darker −10%#036E6B
Darker −20%#023C3B
Darker −30%#000B0A
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A4A0
Less saturated −25%#1A8B88

Channel breakdown

R5
G159
B155
Red5 (2%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue178.44°
Saturation (HSL)93.9%
Lightness32.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9F · B 9B

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