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Recognised as Colour

#059155

  • #059155
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059155 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 145, 85 and HSL 154°, 93%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#059155#059155
HEX#059155
RGBrgb(5, 145, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5686, 0.3333
RGB percentages2%, 56.9%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(154.3, 93.3%, 29.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.3, 96.6%, 56.9%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 41.4%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer364,885
CSS custom property--colour: #059155;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.19:1
Contrast with white4.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.19:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#FA6EAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#908451no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#827A59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original
Tritanopia#009082no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.05:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 8.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.5Forest green · ΔE 22.4Dark green · ΔE 25.6Green · ΔE 28.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 8.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#910541
Analogous#05910F, #058791
Triadic#550591, #915505
Split complementary#910587, #910F05
Tetradic#0F0591, #910541, #879105

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#68FABB
Lighter +30%#37F8A5
Lighter +20%#08F48F
Lighter +10%#07C272
Darker −10%#036038
Darker −20%#022E1B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009656
Less saturated −25%#187E52

Channel breakdown

R5
G145
B85
Red5 (2%)
Green145 (56.9%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue154.29°
Saturation (HSL)93.33%
Lightness29.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 91 · B 55

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