#59CD26

sRGB: 89 / 205 / 38

Velvet petals surge toward distant shores
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Distant echoes find forgotten pathways

#59CD26 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 89 red, 205 green and 38 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 101.7° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 68.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 89, 205, 38
HSL: 101.68°, 68.72%, 47.65%
HSV / HSB: 101.68°, 81.46%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 56.59%, 0.00%, 81.46%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 26.300, 45.925, 9.312
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 73.497, -59.942, 66.194
WCAG relative luminance: 0.45926
24-bit decimal: 5885222

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #59CD26 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.06:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9A26CD sits half a turn (180°) from #59CD26 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#59CD26 #9A26CD

Analogous

#ACCD26 and #26CD47 sit 30° to either side of #59CD26. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#ACCD26 #59CD26 #26CD47

Triadic

#59CD26, #2659CD and #CD2659 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#59CD26 #2659CD #CD2659

Split complementary

Start at #59CD26 and look across the wheel. #4626CD and #CD26AD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#59CD26 #4626CD #CD26AD

Square

Starting with #59CD26, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #26ADCD, #9A26CD, then #CD4626. Across the square, #59CD26 pairs with #9A26CD, and #26ADCD with #CD4626.

#59CD26 #26ADCD #9A26CD #CD4626

Tetradic

#59CD26 and #9A26CD are opposites, as are #26CD9A and #CD2659. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#59CD26 #26CD9A #9A26CD #CD2659

Tints

Mixing #59CD26 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7AD751, keeps 80% of the original. By #DEF5D4, the mixture is 80% white.

#59CD26 #7AD751 #9BE17D #BDEBA8 #DEF5D4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #59CD26 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #47A41E, keeps 80% of the original. By #122908, the mixture is 80% black.

#59CD26 #47A41E #357B17 #24520F #122908 #000000

Tones

Mixing #59CD26 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #61BE38, keeps 80% of the original. By #788F6E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#59CD26 #61BE38 #69AE4A #709F5C #788F6E #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#59CD26

RGB

rgb(89 205 38)

HSL

hsl(101.677 68.724% 47.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #59CD26;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#59CD26 uses 89 red, 205 green and 38 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 34.9%

Green 80.4%

Blue 14.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #59CD26 is 56.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 81.5% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 56.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 81.5%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #55CC22. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #5C2 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #59CD26 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #66CC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #55CC22 Nearest web-safe: #66CC33

Gradient to complement

#59CD26 #64B142 #6F955E #7A7A7A #845E95 #8F42B1 #9A26CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #59CD26 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C5B13B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#4DC6AF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B4C017

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AEBB34

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#60C972

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B5B5B5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#90C186

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.09990 G 0.61050 B 0.01938

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.47376 G 0.79390 B 0.27963

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.19055 G 0.59355 B 0.06355

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.323 y 0.563 Y 45.925

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 65.098 M % 19.608 Y % 85.098

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01011001 11001101 00100110