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Recognised as Colour

#59D7DD

  • #59D7DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#59D7DD is a cyan with RGB values 89, 215, 221 and HSL 183°, 66%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#59D7DD#59D7DD
HEX#59D7DD
RGBrgb(89, 215, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8431, 0.8667
RGB percentages34.9%, 84.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(182.7, 66%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 59.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK59.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,887,965
CSS custom property--colour: #59D7DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.19:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#A62822

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4BFDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00DED8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4Turquoise · ΔE 14.8Light seagreen · ΔE 16.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.2Aqua · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD5F59
Analogous#59DDA1, #5995DD
Triadic#DD59D7, #D7DD59
Split complementary#DD5995, #DDA159
Tetradic#A159DD, #DD5F59, #95DD59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8F6F7
Lighter +20%#AEEBEE
Lighter +10%#83E1E6
Darker −10%#2FCDD4
Darker −20%#23A6AD
Darker −30%#1B7E82
Darker −40%#125558
More saturated +25%#40EEF6
Less saturated −25%#72C0C4

Channel breakdown

R89
G215
B221
Red89 (34.9%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue182.73°
Saturation (HSL)66%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G D7 · B DD

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