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Colour

#059558

  • #059558
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059558 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 149, 88 and HSL 155°, 94%, 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

#059558#059558
HEX#059558
RGBrgb(5, 149, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5843, 0.3451
RGB percentages2%, 58.4%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(154.6, 93.5%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.6, 96.6%, 58.4%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 40.9%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer365,912
CSS custom property--colour: #059558;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.45:1
Contrast with white3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#FA6AA7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948854no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#867E5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009486no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.1Forest green · ΔE 22.3Dark green · ΔE 26.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.8Green · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#950542
Analogous#059510, #058A95
Triadic#580595, #955805
Split complementary#95058A, #951005
Tetradic#100595, #950542, #8A9505

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6CFABE
Lighter +30%#3BF8A8
Lighter +20%#09F792
Lighter +10%#07C675
Darker −10%#03643B
Darker −20%#02321E
Darker −30%#000101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009A59
Less saturated −25%#188255

Channel breakdown

R5
G149
B88
Red5 (2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue154.58°
Saturation (HSL)93.51%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 95 · B 58

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