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Recognised as Colour

#059253

  • #059253
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059253 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 146, 83 and HSL 153°, 93%, 30%. 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

#059253#059253
HEX#059253
RGBrgb(5, 146, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5725, 0.3255
RGB percentages2%, 57.3%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(153.2, 93.4%, 29.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(153.2, 96.6%, 57.3%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 43.2%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer365,139
CSS custom property--colour: #059253;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#FA6DAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91854Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#837B57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009082no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.1Forest green · ΔE 20.9Dark green · ΔE 24.8Green · ΔE 26.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 29.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#920544
Analogous#05920C, #058B92
Triadic#530592, #925305
Split complementary#92058A, #920C05
Tetradic#0D0592, #920544, #8B9205

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#69FAB9
Lighter +30%#38F8A2
Lighter +20%#08F58B
Lighter +10%#07C36F
Darker −10%#036137
Darker −20%#022F1B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009754
Less saturated −25%#187F51

Channel breakdown

R5
G146
B83
Red5 (2%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue153.19°
Saturation (HSL)93.38%
Lightness29.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 92 · B 53

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