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Recognised as Colour

#52AFAA

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

#52AFAA is a cyan with RGB values 82, 175, 170 and HSL 177°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#52AFAA#52AFAA
HEX#52AFAA
RGBrgb(82, 175, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3216, 0.6863, 0.6667
RGB percentages32.2%, 68.6%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(176.8, 36.8%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 53.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK53.1%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,418,922
CSS custom property--colour: #52AFAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#AD5055

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A7AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#979CABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Tritanopia#04B3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.8Cadetblue · ΔE 10.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.5Teal · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF5257
Analogous#52AF7B, #5286AF
Triadic#AA52AF, #AFAA52
Split complementary#AF5285, #AF7B52
Tetradic#7C52AF, #AF5257, #86AF52

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF0EF
Lighter +30%#BBDFDD
Lighter +20%#98CFCC
Lighter +10%#75BFBB
Darker −10%#418D89
Darker −20%#316A67
Darker −30%#214745
Darker −40%#112423
More saturated +25%#32CFC6
Less saturated −25%#728F8E

Channel breakdown

R82
G175
B170
Red82 (32.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue176.77°
Saturation (HSL)36.76%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 52 · G AF · B AA

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