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Recognised as Colour

#5AA893

  • #5AA893
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5AA893 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 168, 147 and HSL 164°, 31%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5AA893#5AA893
HEX#5AA893
RGBrgb(90, 168, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.6588, 0.5765
RGB percentages35.3%, 65.9%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(163.8, 31%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.8, 46.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK46.4%, 0%, 12.5%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,941,395
CSS custom property--colour: #5AA893;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1
Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#A5576C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39F92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#979694no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3DAAA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13Cadetblue · ΔE 14.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Dark cyan · ΔE 16.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.8Teal · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A85A6F
Analogous#5AA86C, #5A96A8
Triadic#935AA8, #A8935A
Split complementary#A85A96, #A86C5A
Tetradic#6C5AA8, #A85A6F, #96A85A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0EEEA
Lighter +30%#BEDDD5
Lighter +20%#9DCBBF
Lighter +10%#7BBAA9
Darker −10%#478876
Darker −20%#366659
Darker −30%#24453C
Darker −40%#13231F
More saturated +25%#3AC8A2
Less saturated −25%#7A8984

Channel breakdown

R90
G168
B147
Red90 (35.3%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue163.85°
Saturation (HSL)30.95%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G A8 · B 93

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