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Recognised as Colour

#59E2AC

  • #59E2AC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#59E2AC is a cyan with RGB values 89, 226, 172 and HSL 156°, 70%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#59E2AC#59E2AC
HEX#59E2AC
RGBrgb(89, 226, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8863, 0.6745
RGB percentages34.9%, 88.6%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(156.4, 70.3%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.4, 60.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK60.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,890,732
CSS custom property--colour: #59E2AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#A61D53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DED3A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBC5AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.6Turquoise · ΔE 20.3Light green · ΔE 22.3Pale green · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2598F
Analogous#59E268, #59D3E2
Triadic#AC59E2, #E2AC59
Split complementary#E259D3, #E26859
Tetradic#6859E2, #E2598F, #D3E259

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DBF9ED
Lighter +20%#B0F1D7
Lighter +10%#84EAC2
Darker −10%#2EDA96
Darker −20%#20B57A
Darker −30%#188A5D
Darker −40%#115E40
More saturated +25%#41FAB1
Less saturated −25%#71CAA7

Channel breakdown

R89
G226
B172
Red89 (34.9%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue156.35°
Saturation (HSL)70.26%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G E2 · B AC

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