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Recognised as Colour

#005938

  • #005938
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#005938 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 89, 56 and HSL 158°, 100%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#005938#005938
HEX#005938
RGBrgb(0, 89, 56)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.349, 0.2196
RGB percentages0%, 34.9%, 22%
HSLhsl(157.8, 100%, 17.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157.8, 100%, 34.9%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 37.1%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer22,840
CSS custom property--colour: #005938;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.45:1
Contrast with white8.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#FFA6C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#585136no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4E4A3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#005950no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 21.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.3Dark slate grey · ΔE 26.3Teal · ΔE 26.5Dark cyan · ΔE 29.2Dark green · ΔE 31.4
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 21.5, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#590021
Analogous#00590C, #004D59
Triadic#380059, #593800
Split complementary#59004D, #590C00
Tetradic#0C0059, #590021, #4D5900

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#26FFAF
Lighter +30%#00F298
Lighter +20%#00BF78
Lighter +10%#008C58
Darker −10%#002618
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#005938
Less saturated −25%#0B4E35

Channel breakdown

R0
G89
B56
Red0 (0%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue157.75°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness17.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 59 · B 38

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