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Recognised as Colour

#059486

  • #059486
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#059486 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 148, 134 and HSL 174°, 93%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#059486#059486
HEX#059486
RGBrgb(5, 148, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5804, 0.5255
RGB percentages2%, 58%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(174.1, 93.5%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.1, 96.6%, 58%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer365,702
CSS custom property--colour: #059486;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness122.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.59:1
Contrast with white3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#FA6B79

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C8B86no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C7F87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#009790no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 9.4Light seagreen · ΔE 11.7Teal · ΔE 11.9Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4Sea green · ΔE 22.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#940513
Analogous#05943F, #055B94
Triadic#860594, #948605
Split complementary#94055A, #943F05
Tetradic#3F0594, #940513, #5A9405

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6BFAEC
Lighter +30%#3AF8E6
Lighter +20%#08F7DF
Lighter +10%#07C5B3
Darker −10%#036359
Darker −20%#02312D
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00998A
Less saturated −25%#188177

Channel breakdown

R5
G148
B134
Red5 (2%)
Green148 (58%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue174.13°
Saturation (HSL)93.46%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 94 · B 86

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