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Recognised as Colour

#59B1AC

  • #59B1AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#59B1AC is a cyan with RGB values 89, 177, 172 and HSL 177°, 36%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#59B1AC#59B1AC
HEX#59B1AC
RGBrgb(89, 177, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.6941, 0.6745
RGB percentages34.9%, 69.4%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(176.6, 36.1%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.6, 49.7%, 69.4%)
CMYK49.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,878,188
CSS custom property--colour: #59B1AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#A64E53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A9ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#9A9EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#24B5AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10Cadetblue · ΔE 10Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.2Dark cyan · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.9Teal · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.97, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1595E
Analogous#59B180, #598AB1
Triadic#AC59B1, #B1AC59
Split complementary#B1598A, #B18059
Tetradic#8059B1, #B1595E, #8AB159

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F2F1
Lighter +30%#C1E2E0
Lighter +20%#9ED2CF
Lighter +10%#7CC1BD
Darker −10%#45928E
Darker −20%#34706C
Darker −30%#244D4B
Darker −40%#142A29
More saturated +25%#3AD0C7
Less saturated −25%#779291

Channel breakdown

R89
G177
B172
Red89 (34.9%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue176.59°
Saturation (HSL)36.07%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G B1 · B AC

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