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Colour

#5AE4E9

  • #5AE4E9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5AE4E9 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 228, 233 and HSL 182°, 76%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5AE4E9#5AE4E9
HEX#5AE4E9
RGBrgb(90, 228, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.8941, 0.9137
RGB percentages35.3%, 89.4%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(182.1, 76.5%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.1, 61.4%, 91.4%)
CMYK61.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,956,841
CSS custom property--colour: #5AE4E9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#A51B16

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5DAEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCAEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.6Turquoise · ΔE 13.1Aqua · ΔE 14.7Cyan · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E95F5A
Analogous#5AE9A6, #5A9DE9
Triadic#E95AE4, #E4E95A
Split complementary#E95A9C, #E9A65A
Tetradic#A75AE9, #E95F5A, #9DE95A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FAFB
Lighter +20%#B4F3F5
Lighter +10%#87EBEF
Darker −10%#2DDDE3
Darker −20%#1ABDC3
Darker −30%#149196
Darker −40%#0E6669
More saturated +25%#44F8FF
Less saturated −25%#71CED2

Channel breakdown

R90
G228
B233
Red90 (35.3%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue182.1°
Saturation (HSL)76.47%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G E4 · B E9

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