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Recognised as Colour

#059665

  • #059665
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#059665 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 150, 101 and HSL 160°, 94%, 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 Sea green.

Colour values

#059665#059665
HEX#059665
RGBrgb(5, 150, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5882, 0.3961
RGB percentages2%, 58.8%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(159.7, 93.5%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.7, 96.7%, 58.8%)
CMYK96.7%, 0%, 32.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer366,181
CSS custom property--colour: #059665;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FA699A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948A62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#857F68no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009689no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23.6Light seagreen · ΔE 26.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.9Forest green · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#960536
Analogous#05961D, #057F96
Triadic#650596, #966505
Split complementary#96057F, #961C05
Tetradic#1C0596, #960536, #7F9605

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DFACA
Lighter +30%#3CF8B9
Lighter +20%#0AF7A7
Lighter +10%#07C786
Darker −10%#036544
Darker −20%#023323
Darker −30%#000201
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009B67
Less saturated −25%#18835F

Channel breakdown

R5
G150
B101
Red5 (2%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue159.72°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 96 · B 65

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