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Recognised as Colour

#5AB0AC

  • #5AB0AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#5AB0AC is a cyan with RGB values 90, 176, 172 and HSL 177°, 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 Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5AB0AC#5AB0AC
HEX#5AB0AC
RGBrgb(90, 176, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.6902, 0.6745
RGB percentages35.3%, 69%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(177.2, 35.2%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.2, 48.9%, 69%)
CMYK48.9%, 0%, 2.3%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,943,468
CSS custom property--colour: #5AB0AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.24:1
Contrast with white2.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#A54F53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A8ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#999EADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#28B4AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 9.2Light seagreen · ΔE 10.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.8Dark cyan · ΔE 15.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.4Teal · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 9.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B05A5E
Analogous#5AB081, #5A89B0
Triadic#AC5AB0, #B0AC5A
Split complementary#B05A89, #B0815A
Tetradic#815AB0, #B05A5E, #89B05A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F2F1
Lighter +30%#C1E2E0
Lighter +20%#9FD1CF
Lighter +10%#7CC1BD
Darker −10%#46918E
Darker −20%#356F6C
Darker −30%#254C4B
Darker −40%#142A29
More saturated +25%#3CCFC8
Less saturated −25%#799290

Channel breakdown

R90
G176
B172
Red90 (35.3%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue177.21°
Saturation (HSL)35.25%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G B0 · B AC

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