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Recognised as Colour

#059371

  • #059371
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059371 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 147, 113 and HSL 166°, 93%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#059371#059371
HEX#059371
RGBrgb(5, 147, 113)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5765, 0.4431
RGB percentages2%, 57.6%, 44.3%
HSLhsl(165.6, 93.4%, 29.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.6, 96.6%, 57.6%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 23.1%, 42.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer365,425
CSS custom property--colour: #059371;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#FA6C8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F886Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F7D73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009489no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.2Dark cyan · ΔE 21Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.8Teal · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#930527
Analogous#05932A, #056E93
Triadic#710593, #937105
Split complementary#93056E, #932A05
Tetradic#2A0593, #930527, #6E9305

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AFAD7
Lighter +30%#39F8CA
Lighter +20%#08F6BD
Lighter +10%#07C497
Darker −10%#03624B
Darker −20%#023025
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009874
Less saturated −25%#188067

Channel breakdown

R5
G147
B113
Red5 (2%)
Green147 (57.6%)
Blue113 (44.3%)
Hue165.63°
Saturation (HSL)93.42%
Lightness29.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 93 · B 71

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