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Recognised as Colour

#59909E

  • #59909E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#59909E is a cyan with RGB values 89, 144, 158 and HSL 192°, 28%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#59909E#59909E
HEX#59909E
RGBrgb(89, 144, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.5647, 0.6196
RGB percentages34.9%, 56.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(192.2, 27.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 43.7%, 62%)
CMYK43.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,869,726
CSS custom property--colour: #59909E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.91:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#A66F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#868D9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B849Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#3A9594no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9Light slate grey · ΔE 12.3Slate grey · ΔE 13Dark cyan · ΔE 17.4Teal · ΔE 17.4Gray · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9E6759
Analogous#599E8A, #596E9E
Triadic#9E5990, #909E59
Split complementary#9E596E, #9E8A59
Tetradic#8A599E, #9E6759, #6E9E59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9E6EA
Lighter +30%#B9D1D7
Lighter +20%#98BCC5
Lighter +10%#77A7B3
Darker −10%#47727D
Darker −20%#34555D
Darker −30%#22373C
Darker −40%#0F191C
More saturated +25%#3AA2BD
Less saturated −25%#787E7F

Channel breakdown

R89
G144
B158
Red89 (34.9%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue192.17°
Saturation (HSL)27.94%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G 90 · B 9E

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