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Recognised as Colour

#5ABCAB

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

#5ABCAB is a cyan with RGB values 90, 188, 171 and HSL 170°, 42%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5ABCAB#5ABCAB
HEX#5ABCAB
RGBrgb(90, 188, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.7373, 0.6706
RGB percentages35.3%, 73.7%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(169.6, 42.2%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.6, 52.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK52.1%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,946,539
CSS custom property--colour: #5ABCAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4108WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#A54354

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B2AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A7ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#23BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.9Turquoise · ΔE 16.1Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5A6B
Analogous#5ABC7A, #5A9CBC
Triadic#AB5ABC, #BCAB5A
Split complementary#BC5A9C, #BC7A5A
Tetradic#7A5ABC, #BC5A6B, #9CBC5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF7F5
Lighter +30%#C7E8E2
Lighter +20%#A3D9D0
Lighter +10%#7ECBBD
Darker −10%#42A191
Darker −20%#337D70
Darker −30%#245950
Darker −40%#15352F
More saturated +25%#3DD9BE
Less saturated −25%#779F98

Channel breakdown

R90
G188
B171
Red90 (35.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue169.59°
Saturation (HSL)42.24%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G BC · B AB

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