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Recognised as Colour

#59E8CD

  • #59E8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#59E8CD is a cyan with RGB values 89, 232, 205 and HSL 169°, 76%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#59E8CD#59E8CD
HEX#59E8CD
RGBrgb(89, 232, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.9098, 0.8039
RGB percentages34.9%, 91%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(168.7, 75.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.7, 61.6%, 91%)
CMYK61.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,892,301
CSS custom property--colour: #59E8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.85:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#A61732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDBCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACBCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.5Aquamarine · ΔE 11.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.4Aqua · ΔE 17.7Cyan · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E85974
Analogous#59E885, #59BCE8
Triadic#CD59E8, #E8CD59
Split complementary#E859BC, #E88559
Tetradic#8559E8, #E85974, #BCE859

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFFBF5
Lighter +20%#B3F4E8
Lighter +10%#86EEDA
Darker −10%#2CE2C0
Darker −20%#1BC0A1
Darker −30%#14947C
Darker −40%#0E6756
More saturated +25%#42FFDB
Less saturated −25%#71D0BE

Channel breakdown

R89
G232
B205
Red89 (34.9%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue168.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.66%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G E8 · B CD

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