Recognised as Colour

#5AC9AD

#5AC9AD
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#5AC9AD is a cyan with RGB values 90, 201, 173 and HSL 165°, 51%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AC9AD#5AC9AD

HEX#5AC9AD

RGBrgb(90, 201, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.7882, 0.6784

RGB percentages35.3%, 78.8%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(164.9, 50.7%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164.9, 55.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK55.2%, 0%, 13.9%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,949,869

CSS custom property--colour: #5AC9AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1

Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#A53652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3BEACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2B1AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Tritanopia#17CBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 4.2 Turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 4.16, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C95A76

Analogous#5AC976, #5AADC9

Triadic#AD5AC9, #C9AD5A

Split complementary#C95AAD, #C9765A

Tetradic#765AC9, #C95A76, #ADC95A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F4FBF9

Lighter +30%#CDEFE6

Lighter +20%#A7E2D3

Lighter +10%#80D6C0

Darker −10%#3BB596

Darker −20%#2F8E76

Darker −30%#226856

Darker −40%#154236

More saturated +25%#3FE4BB

Less saturated −25%#75AE9F

Channel breakdown

R90

G201

B173

Red90 (35.3%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue164.86°

Saturation (HSL)50.68%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G C9 · B AD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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