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Recognised as Colour

#5BB899

  • #5BB899
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#5BB899 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 184, 153 and HSL 160°, 40%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#5BB899#5BB899
HEX#5BB899
RGBrgb(91, 184, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7216, 0.6
RGB percentages35.7%, 72.2%, 60%
HSLhsl(160, 39.6%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 50.5%, 72.2%)
CMYK50.5%, 0%, 16.8%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,011,033
CSS custom property--colour: #5BB899;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#A44766

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4AD97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A39Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Tritanopia#37B9AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.8Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 16Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9Turquoise · ΔE 19.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B85B7A
Analogous#5BB86A, #5BA9B8
Triadic#995BB8, #B8995B
Split complementary#B85BA8, #B86A5B
Tetradic#6B5BB8, #B85B7A, #A9B85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9F6F2
Lighter +30%#C6E6DB
Lighter +20%#A2D7C5
Lighter +10%#7FC7AF
Darker −10%#449C7F
Darker −20%#347962
Darker −30%#255545
Darker −40%#153228
More saturated +25%#3ED5A3
Less saturated −25%#789B8F

Channel breakdown

R91
G184
B153
Red91 (35.7%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)39.57%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G B8 · B 99

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