Recognised as Colour

#52ABA9

#52ABA9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#52ABA9 is a cyan with RGB values 82, 171, 169 and HSL 179°, 35%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#52ABA9#52ABA9

HEX#52ABA9

RGBrgb(82, 171, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.6706, 0.6627

RGB percentages32.2%, 67.1%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(178.7, 35.2%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 52%, 67.1%)

CMYK52%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,417,897

CSS custom property--colour: #52ABA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#AD5456

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A4A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9399AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#0CAFAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 10.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Teal · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AB5254

Analogous#52AB7C, #5281AB

Triadic#A952AB, #ABA952

Split complementary#AB5281, #AB7C52

Tetradic#7C52AB, #AB5254, #81AB52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DBEEED

Lighter +30%#B9DDDC

Lighter +20%#96CDCC

Lighter +10%#74BCBB

Darker −10%#418987

Darker −20%#316665

Darker −30%#204443

Darker −40%#102121

More saturated +25%#32CBC7

Less saturated −25%#728B8B

Channel breakdown

R82

G171

B169

Red82 (32.2%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue178.65°

Saturation (HSL)35.18%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 52 · G AB · B A9

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