Colour

#59BEAF

#59BEAF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#59BEAF is a cyan with RGB values 89, 190, 175 and HSL 171°, 44%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#59BEAF#59BEAF

HEX#59BEAF

RGBrgb(89, 190, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.7451, 0.6863

RGB percentages34.9%, 74.5%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(171.1, 43.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 53.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK53.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,881,519

CSS custom property--colour: #59BEAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#A64150

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6B4AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A9B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#18C1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)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#BE5968

Analogous#59BE7D, #599ABE

Triadic#AF59BE, #BEAF59

Split complementary#BE599A, #BE7C59

Tetradic#7D59BE, #BE5968, #9BBE59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECF7F6

Lighter +30%#C7E9E4

Lighter +20%#A2DBD2

Lighter +10%#7ECCC1

Darker −10%#40A495

Darker −20%#327F74

Darker −30%#235B52

Darker −40%#153631

More saturated +25%#3CDBC3

Less saturated −25%#76A19B

Channel breakdown

R89

G190

B175

Red89 (34.9%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue171.09°

Saturation (HSL)43.72%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 59 · G BE · B AF

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