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Recognised as Colour

#59ADAE

  • #59ADAE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#59ADAE is a cyan with RGB values 89, 173, 174 and HSL 181°, 34%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#59ADAE#59ADAE
HEX#59ADAE
RGBrgb(89, 173, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.6784, 0.6824
RGB percentages34.9%, 67.8%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(180.7, 34.4%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 48.9%, 68.2%)
CMYK48.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,877,166
CSS custom property--colour: #59ADAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35067WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.01:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#A65251

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A6AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Deuteranopia#959BAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#24B2ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.2Light seagreen · ΔE 12.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Teal · ΔE 17.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE5A59
Analogous#59AE84, #5982AE
Triadic#AE59AD, #ADAE59
Split complementary#AE5982, #AE8459
Tetradic#8559AE, #AE5A59, #83AE59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F1F1
Lighter +30%#C0E0E0
Lighter +20%#9ECFCF
Lighter +10%#7BBEBF
Darker −10%#468E8E
Darker −20%#356C6C
Darker −30%#24494A
Darker −40%#132728
More saturated +25%#3ACBCD
Less saturated −25%#788F8F

Channel breakdown

R89
G173
B174
Red89 (34.9%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue180.71°
Saturation (HSL)34.41%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G AD · B AE

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