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Recognised as Colour

#5AE6CC

  • #5AE6CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5AE6CC is a cyan with RGB values 90, 230, 204 and HSL 169°, 74%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5AE6CC#5AE6CC
HEX#5AE6CC
RGBrgb(90, 230, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.902, 0.8
RGB percentages35.3%, 90.2%, 80%
HSLhsl(168.9, 73.7%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 60.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK60.9%, 0%, 11.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,957,324
CSS custom property--colour: #5AE6CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.63:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#A51933

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDD9CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CACEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Aquamarine · ΔE 12Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5Aqua · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E65A74
Analogous#5AE686, #5ABAE6
Triadic#CC5AE6, #E6CC5A
Split complementary#E65ABA, #E6865A
Tetradic#865AE6, #E65A74, #BAE65A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFFAF5
Lighter +20%#B3F3E7
Lighter +10%#86EDDA
Darker −10%#2EDFBE
Darker −20%#1DBD9F
Darker −30%#16917A
Darker −40%#0F6555
More saturated +25%#42FEDB
Less saturated −25%#72CEBD

Channel breakdown

R90
G230
B204
Red90 (35.3%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue168.86°
Saturation (HSL)73.68%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5A · G E6 · B CC

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