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Recognised as Colour

#57ABA0

  • #57ABA0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#57ABA0 is a cyan with RGB values 87, 171, 160 and HSL 172°, 33%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#57ABA0#57ABA0
HEX#57ABA0
RGBrgb(87, 171, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.3412, 0.6706, 0.6275
RGB percentages34.1%, 67.1%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(172.1, 33.3%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 49.1%, 67.1%)
CMYK49.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,745,568
CSS custom property--colour: #57ABA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.74:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#A8545F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A3A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9699A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#2CAEA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 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 text7.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.2Cadetblue · ΔE 10.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4Teal · ΔE 17.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB5762
Analogous#57AB76, #578CAB
Triadic#A057AB, #ABA057
Split complementary#AB578C, #AB7657
Tetradic#7657AB, #AB5762, #8CAB57

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFEFED
Lighter +30%#BDDEDA
Lighter +20%#9BCDC6
Lighter +10%#79BCB3
Darker −10%#458A81
Darker −20%#346861
Darker −30%#234641
Darker −40%#122422
More saturated +25%#38CBB7
Less saturated −25%#778B89

Channel breakdown

R87
G171
B160
Red87 (34.1%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue172.14°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 57 · G AB · B A0

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