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Recognised as Colour

#54AEAD

  • #54AEAD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#54AEAD is a cyan with RGB values 84, 174, 173 and HSL 179°, 36%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#54AEAD#54AEAD
HEX#54AEAD
RGBrgb(84, 174, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3294, 0.6824, 0.6784
RGB percentages32.9%, 68.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(179.3, 35.7%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 51.7%, 68.2%)
CMYK51.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,549,741
CSS custom property--colour: #54AEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35174WCAG 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 8.03:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#AB5152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A7ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#959BAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#0DB3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.7Light seagreen · ΔE 10.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1Teal · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE5455
Analogous#54AE80, #5482AE
Triadic#AD54AE, #AEAD54
Split complementary#AE5482, #AE8054
Tetradic#8054AE, #AE5455, #82AE54

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEF0EF
Lighter +30%#BCDFDF
Lighter +20%#99CFCE
Lighter +10%#77BEBE
Darker −10%#438C8C
Darker −20%#326A69
Darker −30%#224747
Darker −40%#112524
More saturated +25%#34CECC
Less saturated −25%#738F8E

Channel breakdown

R84
G174
B173
Red84 (32.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue179.33°
Saturation (HSL)35.71%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 54 · G AE · B AD

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