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Recognised as Colour

#059690

  • #059690
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#059690 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 150, 144 and HSL 178°, 94%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#059690#059690
HEX#059690
RGBrgb(5, 150, 144)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5882, 0.5647
RGB percentages2%, 58.8%, 56.5%
HSLhsl(177.5, 93.5%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 96.7%, 58.8%)
CMYK96.7%, 0%, 4%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer366,224
CSS custom property--colour: #059690;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FA696F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8C8D90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B8191no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009A94no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.7Teal · ΔE 9.5Light seagreen · ΔE 10.4Cadetblue · ΔE 15.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96050B
Analogous#059648, #055496
Triadic#900596, #969005
Split complementary#960553, #964805
Tetradic#480596, #96050B, #539605

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6DFAF4
Lighter +30%#3CF8F1
Lighter +20%#0AF7ED
Lighter +10%#07C7BF
Darker −10%#036561
Darker −20%#023331
Darker −30%#000202
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009B95
Less saturated −25%#18837E

Channel breakdown

R5
G150
B144
Red5 (2%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue144 (56.5%)
Hue177.52°
Saturation (HSL)93.55%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 96 · B 90

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