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Recognised as Colour

#52AA9E

  • #52AA9E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#52AA9E is a cyan with RGB values 82, 170, 158 and HSL 172°, 35%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#52AA9E#52AA9E
HEX#52AA9E
RGBrgb(82, 170, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.6667, 0.6196
RGB percentages32.2%, 66.7%, 62%
HSLhsl(171.8, 34.9%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 51.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK51.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,417,630
CSS custom property--colour: #52AA9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.6:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#AD5561

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A29Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#95979Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1FADA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Cadetblue · ΔE 11.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.3Teal · ΔE 17.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA525E
Analogous#52AA72, #528AAA
Triadic#9E52AA, #AA9E52
Split complementary#AA528A, #AA7252
Tetradic#7252AA, #AA525E, #8AAA52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBEDEB
Lighter +30%#B8DDD8
Lighter +20%#96CCC5
Lighter +10%#73BCB2
Darker −10%#41887E
Darker −20%#31655E
Darker −30%#20433E
Darker −40%#10201E
More saturated +25%#33CAB5
Less saturated −25%#728B87

Channel breakdown

R82
G170
B158
Red82 (32.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue171.82°
Saturation (HSL)34.92%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 52 · G AA · B 9E

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