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Recognised as Colour

#5AB0A2

  • #5AB0A2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5AB0A2 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 176, 162 and HSL 170°, 35%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5AB0A2#5AB0A2
HEX#5AB0A2
RGBrgb(90, 176, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.6902, 0.6353
RGB percentages35.3%, 69%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(170.2, 35.2%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.2, 48.9%, 69%)
CMYK48.9%, 0%, 8%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,943,458
CSS custom property--colour: #5AB0A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.17:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#A54F5D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A7A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9DA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Tritanopia#31B3ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.8Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Dark cyan · ΔE 16.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B05A68
Analogous#5AB077, #5A93B0
Triadic#A25AB0, #B0A25A
Split complementary#B05A93, #B0775A
Tetradic#775AB0, #B05A68, #93B05A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F2F0
Lighter +30%#C1E2DC
Lighter +20%#9FD1C9
Lighter +10%#7CC1B5
Darker −10%#469185
Darker −20%#356F65
Darker −30%#254C46
Darker −40%#142A26
More saturated +25%#3CCFB7
Less saturated −25%#79928D

Channel breakdown

R90
G176
B162
Red90 (35.3%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue170.23°
Saturation (HSL)35.25%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G B0 · B A2

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