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Recognised as Colour

#5AA895

  • #5AA895
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5AA895 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 168, 149 and HSL 165°, 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

#5AA895#5AA895
HEX#5AA895
RGBrgb(90, 168, 149)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.6588, 0.5843
RGB percentages35.3%, 65.9%, 58.4%
HSLhsl(165.4, 31%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.4, 46.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK46.4%, 0%, 11.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,941,397
CSS custom property--colour: #5AA895;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32349WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.47:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#A5576A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3A094no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#969696no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#3CAAA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.5Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Dark cyan · ΔE 16.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.5Teal · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A85A6D
Analogous#5AA86E, #5A94A8
Triadic#955AA8, #A8955A
Split complementary#A85A94, #A86E5A
Tetradic#6E5AA8, #A85A6D, #94A85A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0EEEB
Lighter +30%#BEDDD5
Lighter +20%#9DCBC0
Lighter +10%#7BBAAA
Darker −10%#478878
Darker −20%#36665A
Darker −30%#24453D
Darker −40%#13231F
More saturated +25%#3AC8A5
Less saturated −25%#7A8985

Channel breakdown

R90
G168
B149
Red90 (35.3%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue149 (58.4%)
Hue165.38°
Saturation (HSL)30.95%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G A8 · B 95

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