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Recognised as Colour

#59E9CE

  • #59E9CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#59E9CE is a cyan with RGB values 89, 233, 206 and HSL 169°, 77%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#59E9CE#59E9CE
HEX#59E9CE
RGBrgb(89, 233, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.9137, 0.8078
RGB percentages34.9%, 91.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(168.8, 76.6%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.8, 61.8%, 91.4%)
CMYK61.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,892,558
CSS custom property--colour: #59E9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.97:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#A61631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DCCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCCD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECE1no 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 text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.6Aquamarine · ΔE 11.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Aqua · ΔE 17.5Cyan · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E95974
Analogous#59E986, #59BCE9
Triadic#CE59E9, #E9CE59
Split complementary#E959BC, #E98659
Tetradic#8659E9, #E95974, #BCE959

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0FBF6
Lighter +20%#B3F5E9
Lighter +10%#86EFDB
Darker −10%#2CE3C1
Darker −20%#1AC2A3
Darker −30%#14957D
Darker −40%#0E6857
More saturated +25%#43FFDC
Less saturated −25%#70D2BF

Channel breakdown

R89
G233
B206
Red89 (34.9%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue168.75°
Saturation (HSL)76.6%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G E9 · B CE

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