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Colour

#059992

  • #059992
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#059992 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 153, 146 and HSL 177°, 94%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#059992#059992
HEX#059992
RGBrgb(5, 153, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6, 0.5725
RGB percentages2%, 60%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(177.2, 93.7%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.2, 96.7%, 60%)
CMYK96.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer366,994
CSS custom property--colour: #059992;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.98:1
Contrast with white3.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.98:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#797979
Inverted#FA666D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F9092no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E8393no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#009D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.51:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 7Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2Teal · ΔE 10.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 7.04, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#99050C
Analogous#059948, #055699
Triadic#920599, #999205
Split complementary#990556, #994805
Tetradic#480599, #99050C, #569905

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#70FAF4
Lighter +30%#3EF9F0
Lighter +20%#0DF7EC
Lighter +10%#07CAC1
Darker −10%#036863
Darker −20%#023634
Darker −30%#000505
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009E97
Less saturated −25%#198580

Channel breakdown

R5
G153
B146
Red5 (2%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue177.16°
Saturation (HSL)93.67%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 05 · G 99 · B 92

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