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Recognised as Colour

#059571

  • #059571
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059571 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 149, 113 and HSL 165°, 94%, 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

#059571#059571
HEX#059571
RGBrgb(5, 149, 113)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5843, 0.4431
RGB percentages2%, 58.4%, 44.3%
HSLhsl(165, 93.5%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165, 96.6%, 58.4%)
CMYK96.6%, 0%, 24.2%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer365,937
CSS custom property--colour: #059571;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22719WCAG 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 5.54:1
Contrast with white3.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FA6A8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#918A6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#827E73no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Tritanopia#00968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.79:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.3Dark cyan · ΔE 22.3Teal · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#950529
Analogous#059529, #057195
Triadic#710595, #957105
Split complementary#950571, #952905
Tetradic#290595, #950529, #719505

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6CFAD7
Lighter +30%#3BF8C9
Lighter +20%#09F7BB
Lighter +10%#07C696
Darker −10%#03644C
Darker −20%#023226
Darker −30%#000101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009A74
Less saturated −25%#188267

Channel breakdown

R5
G149
B113
Red5 (2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue113 (44.3%)
Hue165°
Saturation (HSL)93.51%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 95 · B 71

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