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Recognised as Colour

#5A8F98

  • #5A8F98
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#5A8F98 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 143, 152 and HSL 189°, 26%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5A8F98#5A8F98
HEX#5A8F98
RGBrgb(90, 143, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.5608, 0.5961
RGB percentages35.3%, 56.1%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(188.7, 25.6%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.7, 40.8%, 59.6%)
CMYK40.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,935,000
CSS custom property--colour: #5A8F98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.82:1
Contrast with white3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#A57067

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#878B99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C8398no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#409492no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.3Light slate grey · ΔE 12.9Slate grey · ΔE 13.4Teal · ΔE 15.9Dark cyan · ΔE 16Gray · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98635A
Analogous#5A9882, #5A7098
Triadic#985A8F, #8F985A
Split complementary#985A70, #98825A
Tetradic#825A98, #98635A, #70985A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7E5E7
Lighter +30%#B7D0D4
Lighter +20%#97BBC1
Lighter +10%#77A6AE
Darker −10%#477178
Darker −20%#345358
Darker −30%#213538
Darker −40%#0E1618
More saturated +25%#3CA4B6
Less saturated −25%#787A7A

Channel breakdown

R90
G143
B152
Red90 (35.3%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue188.71°
Saturation (HSL)25.62%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G 8F · B 98

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