Recognised as Colour

#59D0C5

#59D0C5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#59D0C5 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 208, 197 and HSL 174°, 56%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#59D0C5#59D0C5

HEX#59D0C5

RGBrgb(89, 208, 197)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8157, 0.7725

RGB percentages34.9%, 81.6%, 77.3%

HSLhsl(174.5, 55.9%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 57.2%, 81.6%)

CMYK57.2%, 0%, 5.3%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,886,149

CSS custom property--colour: #59D0C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.25:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#A62F3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C6C6C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3B8C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00D4CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4 Turquoise · ΔE 9.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 4.02, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D05964

Analogous#59D08A, #59A0D0

Triadic#C559D0, #D0C559

Split complementary#D059A0, #D08A59

Tetradic#8959D0, #D05964, #9FD059

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8FDFD

Lighter +30%#D0F2EF

Lighter +20%#A8E7E1

Lighter +10%#81DBD3

Darker −10%#36C0B3

Darker −20%#2B988E

Darker −30%#207069

Darker −40%#154844

More saturated +25%#3EEBDB

Less saturated −25%#74B5AF

Channel breakdown

R89

G208

B197

Red89 (34.9%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue197 (77.3%)

Hue174.45°

Saturation (HSL)55.87%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 59 · G D0 · B C5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#59D0C5

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else