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Recognised as Colour

#59F2F0

  • #59F2F0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aqua

#59F2F0 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 242, 240 and HSL 179°, 85%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#59F2F0#59F2F0
HEX#59F2F0
RGBrgb(89, 242, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.949, 0.9412
RGB percentages34.9%, 94.9%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(179.2, 85.5%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 63.2%, 94.9%)
CMYK63.2%, 0%, 0.8%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,894,896
CSS custom property--colour: #59F2F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#A60D0F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E7F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD5F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00F9F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.2Cyan · ΔE 9.2Turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2595B
Analogous#59F2A4, #59A7F2
Triadic#F059F2, #F2F059
Split complementary#F259A7, #F2A459
Tetradic#A459F2, #F2595B, #A7F259

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E7FDFD
Lighter +20%#B8F9F9
Lighter +10%#88F6F4
Darker −10%#2AEEEC
Darker −20%#11D4D2
Darker −30%#0DA5A3
Darker −40%#097674
More saturated +25%#4CFFFD
Less saturated −25%#6FDCDA

Channel breakdown

R89
G242
B240
Red89 (34.9%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue179.22°
Saturation (HSL)85.47%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 59 · G F2 · B F0

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