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Colour

#5AAB8E

  • #5AAB8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#5AAB8E is a cyan with RGB values 90, 171, 142 and HSL 159°, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AAB8E#5AAB8E
HEX#5AAB8E
RGBrgb(90, 171, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.6706, 0.5569
RGB percentages35.3%, 67.1%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(158.5, 32.5%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.5, 47.4%, 67.1%)
CMYK47.4%, 0%, 17%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,942,158
CSS custom property--colour: #5AAB8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33252WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.65:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#A55471

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A18Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9890no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#3EACA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.1Light seagreen · ΔE 14.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 15.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.4Sea green · ΔE 19.7Dark cyan · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB5A77
Analogous#5AAB66, #5AA0AB
Triadic#8E5AAB, #AB8E5A
Split complementary#AB5AA0, #AB665A
Tetradic#655AAB, #AB5A77, #9FAB5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F0EB
Lighter +30%#BFDFD3
Lighter +20%#9ECDBC
Lighter +10%#7CBCA5
Darker −10%#478B73
Darker −20%#366957
Darker −30%#24483B
Darker −40%#13261F
More saturated +25%#3BCA97
Less saturated −25%#798C85

Channel breakdown

R90
G171
B142
Red90 (35.3%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue158.52°
Saturation (HSL)32.53%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G AB · B 8E

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