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Recognised as Colour

#50E9E3

  • #50E9E3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#50E9E3 is a cyan with RGB values 80, 233, 227 and HSL 178°, 78%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#50E9E3#50E9E3
HEX#50E9E3
RGBrgb(80, 233, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.9137, 0.8902
RGB percentages31.4%, 91.4%, 89%
HSLhsl(177.6, 77.7%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.6, 65.7%, 91.4%)
CMYK65.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,302,755
CSS custom property--colour: #50E9E3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#AF161C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDDE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CCE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EFE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.6Aqua · ΔE 11Cyan · ΔE 11Light seagreen · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E95056
Analogous#50E996, #50A3E9
Triadic#E350E9, #E9E350
Split complementary#E950A3, #E99650
Tetradic#9650E9, #E95056, #A3E950

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8FAF9
Lighter +20%#ABF4F1
Lighter +10%#7DEFEA
Darker −10%#23E3DC
Darker −20%#18BBB5
Darker −30%#128E89
Darker −40%#0C615E
More saturated +25%#3AFFF7
Less saturated −25%#69D0CC

Channel breakdown

R80
G233
B227
Red80 (31.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue177.65°
Saturation (HSL)77.66%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 50 · G E9 · B E3

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