Colour

#5AFFDF

#5AFFDF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#5AFFDF is a cyan with RGB values 90, 255, 223 and HSL 168°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AFFDF#5AFFDF

HEX#5AFFDF

RGBrgb(90, 255, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 1, 0.8745

RGB percentages35.3%, 100%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(168.4, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.4, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK64.7%, 0%, 12.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,743

CSS custom property--colour: #5AFFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.8:1

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

Contrast with black16.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#A50020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F0DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEDFE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 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 text16.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.3 Turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Aqua · ΔE 17 Cyan · ΔE 17 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5A7A

Analogous#5AFF8D, #5ACDFF

Triadic#DF5AFF, #FFDF5A

Split complementary#FF5ACC, #FF8D5A

Tetradic#8D5AFF, #FF5A7A, #CDFF5A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3FFFD

Lighter +20%#C0FFF3

Lighter +10%#8DFFE9

Darker −10%#27FFD5

Darker −20%#00F3C4

Darker −30%#00C09B

Darker −40%#008D72

More saturated +25%#5AFFDF

Less saturated −25%#6FEAD2

Channel breakdown

R90

G255

B223

Red90 (35.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue168.36°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G FF · B DF

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