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Recognised as Colour

#5AD4BC

  • #5AD4BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#5AD4BC is a cyan with RGB values 90, 212, 188 and HSL 168°, 59%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AD4BC#5AD4BC
HEX#5AD4BC
RGBrgb(90, 212, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.8314, 0.7373
RGB percentages35.3%, 83.1%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(168.2, 58.7%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 57.5%, 83.1%)
CMYK57.5%, 0%, 11.3%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,952,700
CSS custom property--colour: #5AD4BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#A52B43

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCC8BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABBBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.1Turquoise · ΔE 7.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.3Light seagreen · ΔE 14.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Aquamarine · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D45A72
Analogous#5AD47F, #5AAFD4
Triadic#BC5AD4, #D4BC5A
Split complementary#D45AAF, #D47F5A
Tetradic#7F5AD4, #D45A72, #AFD45A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFEFE
Lighter +30%#D3F4ED
Lighter +20%#ABE9DD
Lighter +10%#82DFCC
Darker −10%#34C7AA
Darker −20%#299F88
Darker −30%#1F7665
Darker −40%#144E42
More saturated +25%#40EECC
Less saturated −25%#74BAAC

Channel breakdown

R90
G212
B188
Red90 (35.3%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue168.2°
Saturation (HSL)58.65%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G D4 · B BC

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