Colour

#5AFFF2

#5AFFF2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#5AFFF2 is a cyan with RGB values 90, 255, 242 and HSL 175°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#5AFFF2#5AFFF2

HEX#5AFFF2

RGBrgb(90, 255, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.3529, 1, 0.949

RGB percentages35.3%, 100%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(175.3, 100%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 64.7%, 100%)

CMYK64.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,963,762

CSS custom property--colour: #5AFFF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.02:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#A5000D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2F2F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9E0F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 8.3 Cyan · ΔE 8.3 Turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5A67

Analogous#5AFF9F, #5ABAFF

Triadic#F25AFF, #FFF25A

Split complementary#FF5ABA, #FF9F5A

Tetradic#9F5AFF, #FF5A67, #BAFF5A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F3FFFE

Lighter +20%#C0FFFA

Lighter +10%#8DFFF6

Darker −10%#27FFEE

Darker −20%#00F3E0

Darker −30%#00C0B1

Darker −40%#008D82

More saturated +25%#5AFFF2

Less saturated −25%#6FEAE1

Channel breakdown

R90

G255

B242

Red90 (35.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue175.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5A · G FF · B F2

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