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Recognised as Colour

#59E3DC

  • #59E3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#59E3DC is a cyan with RGB values 89, 227, 220 and HSL 177°, 71%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#59E3DC#59E3DC
HEX#59E3DC
RGBrgb(89, 227, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8902, 0.8627
RGB percentages34.9%, 89%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(177, 71.1%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 60.8%, 89%)
CMYK60.8%, 0%, 3.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,891,036
CSS custom property--colour: #59E3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.45:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#A61C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C8DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.3Turquoise · ΔE 6.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.8Aqua · ΔE 14Cyan · ΔE 14Light seagreen · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E35960
Analogous#59E397, #59A5E3
Triadic#DC59E3, #E3DC59
Split complementary#E359A5, #E39759
Tetradic#9759E3, #E35960, #A5E359

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCF9F8
Lighter +20%#B0F2EE
Lighter +10%#85EAE5
Darker −10%#2DDCD3
Darker −20%#1FB7AF
Darker −30%#188B86
Darker −40%#10605C
More saturated +25%#41FBF2
Less saturated −25%#71CBC6

Channel breakdown

R89
G227
B220
Red89 (34.9%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue176.96°
Saturation (HSL)71.13%
Lightness61.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G E3 · B DC

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