Recognised as Colour

#5AFFC3

#5AFFC3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#5AFFC3 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 255, 195 and HSL 158°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AFFC3#5AFFC3

HEX#5AFFC3

RGBrgb(90, 255, 195)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 1, 0.7647

RGB percentages35.3%, 100%, 76.5%

HSLhsl(158.2, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158.2, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK64.7%, 0%, 23.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,715

CSS custom property--colour: #5AFFC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.53:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#A5003C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAEEC0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4DEC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.8 Medium spring green · ΔE 21.8 Light green · ΔE 23.3 Pale green · ΔE 23.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.7 Turquoise · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5A96

Analogous#5AFF71, #5AE8FF

Triadic#C35AFF, #FFC35A

Split complementary#FF5AE8, #FF715A

Tetradic#715AFF, #FF5A96, #E9FF5A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3FFFB

Lighter +20%#C0FFE8

Lighter +10%#8DFFD6

Darker −10%#27FFB0

Darker −20%#00F39B

Darker −30%#00C07A

Darker −40%#008D5A

More saturated +25%#5AFFC3

Less saturated −25%#6FEABD

Channel breakdown

R90

G255

B195

Red90 (35.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue195 (76.5%)

Hue158.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G FF · B C3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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