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Recognised as Colour

#059478

  • #059478
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059478 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 148, 120 and HSL 168°, 93%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#059478#059478
HEX#059478
RGBrgb(5, 148, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5804, 0.4706
RGB percentages2%, 58%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(168.3, 93.5%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 96.6%, 58%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 18.9%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer365,688
CSS custom property--colour: #059478;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1
Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FA6B87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F8977no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F7E7Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00968Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 16.5Dark cyan · ΔE 17.5Teal · ΔE 19Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 14.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#940521
Analogous#059431, #056894
Triadic#780594, #947805
Split complementary#940569, #943105
Tetradic#310594, #940521, #689405

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BFADE
Lighter +30%#3AF8D3
Lighter +20%#08F7C8
Lighter +10%#07C5A0
Darker −10%#036350
Darker −20%#023128
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00997B
Less saturated −25%#18816C

Channel breakdown

R5
G148
B120
Red5 (2%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue168.25°
Saturation (HSL)93.46%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 94 · B 78

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