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Recognised as Colour

#59D6BC

  • #59D6BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#59D6BC is a cyan with RGB values 89, 214, 188 and HSL 168°, 60%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#59D6BC#59D6BC
HEX#59D6BC
RGBrgb(89, 214, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8392, 0.7373
RGB percentages34.9%, 83.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(167.5, 60.4%, 59.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.5, 58.4%, 83.9%)
CMYK58.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,887,676
CSS custom property--colour: #59D6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.77:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#A62943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECABBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCBCBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 6.9Turquoise · ΔE 7.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 6.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D65973
Analogous#59D67D, #59B2D6
Triadic#BC59D6, #D6BC59
Split complementary#D659B2, #D67D59
Tetradic#7D59D6, #D65973, #B2D659

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFEFE
Lighter +30%#D4F4EE
Lighter +20%#ABEADD
Lighter +10%#82E0CD
Darker −10%#32CAAA
Darker −20%#28A188
Darker −30%#1E7865
Darker −40%#144F43
More saturated +25%#3FF0CB
Less saturated −25%#73BCAD

Channel breakdown

R89
G214
B188
Red89 (34.9%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue167.52°
Saturation (HSL)60.39%
Lightness59.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G D6 · B BC

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