Colour

#5AFFE7

#5AFFE7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#5AFFE7 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 255, 231 and HSL 171°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#5AFFE7#5AFFE7

HEX#5AFFE7

RGBrgb(90, 255, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 1, 0.9059

RGB percentages35.3%, 100%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(171.3, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK64.7%, 0%, 9.4%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,751

CSS custom property--colour: #5AFFE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.89:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#A50018

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4F1E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCDFE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.1 Turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Aqua · ΔE 13 Cyan · ΔE 13 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5A72

Analogous#5AFF94, #5AC5FF

Triadic#E75AFF, #FFE75A

Split complementary#FF5AC5, #FF945A

Tetradic#955AFF, #FF5A72, #C5FF5A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3FFFD

Lighter +20%#C0FFF6

Lighter +10%#8DFFEE

Darker −10%#27FFE0

Darker −20%#00F3D0

Darker −30%#00C0A4

Darker −40%#008D78

More saturated +25%#5AFFE7

Less saturated −25%#6FEAD8

Channel breakdown

R90

G255

B231

Red90 (35.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue171.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G FF · B E7

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