Recognised as Colour

#5AFFD9

#5AFFD9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#5AFFD9 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 255, 217 and HSL 166°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AFFD9#5AFFD9

HEX#5AFFD9

RGBrgb(90, 255, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 1, 0.851

RGB percentages35.3%, 100%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(166.2, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166.2, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK64.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,737

CSS custom property--colour: #5AFFD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.74:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9

Inverted#A50026

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7EFD7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFDEDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.2 Turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Aqua · ΔE 20.1 Cyan · ΔE 20.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5A80

Analogous#5AFF87, #5AD2FF

Triadic#D95AFF, #FFD95A

Split complementary#FF5AD2, #FF875A

Tetradic#875AFF, #FF5A80, #D3FF5A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3FFFC

Lighter +20%#C0FFF0

Lighter +10%#8DFFE5

Darker −10%#27FFCD

Darker −20%#00F3BB

Darker −30%#00C094

Darker −40%#008D6D

More saturated +25%#5AFFD9

Less saturated −25%#6FEACE

Channel breakdown

R90

G255

B217

Red90 (35.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue166.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G FF · B D9

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