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Recognised as Colour

#5ABCAD

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

#5ABCAD is a cyan with RGB values 90, 188, 173 and HSL 171°, 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

#5ABCAD#5ABCAD
HEX#5ABCAD
RGBrgb(90, 188, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.7373, 0.6784
RGB percentages35.3%, 73.7%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(170.8, 42.2%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 52.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK52.1%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,946,541
CSS custom property--colour: #5ABCAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41157WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.23:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#A54352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A7AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Tritanopia#21BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5A69
Analogous#5ABC7C, #5A9ABC
Triadic#AD5ABC, #BCAD5A
Split complementary#BC5A9A, #BC7C5A
Tetradic#7C5ABC, #BC5A69, #9ABC5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF7F5
Lighter +30%#C7E8E3
Lighter +20%#A3D9D1
Lighter +10%#7ECBBF
Darker −10%#42A193
Darker −20%#337D72
Darker −30%#245951
Darker −40%#153530
More saturated +25%#3DD9C1
Less saturated −25%#779F99

Channel breakdown

R90
G188
B173
Red90 (35.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue170.82°
Saturation (HSL)42.24%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G BC · B AD

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