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Recognised as Colour

#039259

  • #039259
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#039259 is a cyan with RGB values 3, 146, 89 and HSL 156°, 96%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#039259#039259
HEX#039259
RGBrgb(3, 146, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.0118, 0.5725, 0.349
RGB percentages1.2%, 57.3%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(156.1, 96%, 29.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.1, 97.9%, 57.3%)
CMYK97.9%, 0%, 39%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer234,073
CSS custom property--colour: #039259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.26:1
Contrast with white3.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#FC6DA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918555no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#827B5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009184no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.99:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.5Forest green · ΔE 24.2Dark green · ΔE 27.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#92033C
Analogous#039211, #038492
Triadic#590392, #925903
Split complementary#920384, #921103
Tetradic#110392, #92033C, #849203

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#65FCC0
Lighter +30%#33FBAB
Lighter +20%#05F696
Lighter +10%#04C477
Darker −10%#02603B
Darker −20%#012E1C
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00955A
Less saturated −25%#167F55

Channel breakdown

R3
G146
B89
Red3 (1.2%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue156.08°
Saturation (HSL)95.97%
Lightness29.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 03 · G 92 · B 59

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