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Colour

#5BBCAA

  • #5BBCAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5BBCAA is a cyan with RGB values 91, 188, 170 and HSL 169°, 42%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5BBCAA#5BBCAA
HEX#5BBCAA
RGBrgb(91, 188, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7373, 0.6667
RGB percentages35.7%, 73.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(168.9, 42%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.9, 51.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK51.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,012,074
CSS custom property--colour: #5BBCAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41093WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.22:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#A44355

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B2A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A7ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#28BFB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5B6D
Analogous#5BBC79, #5B9EBC
Triadic#AA5BBC, #BCAA5B
Split complementary#BC5B9E, #BC795B
Tetradic#795BBC, #BC5B6D, #9EBC5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECF7F5
Lighter +30%#C8E8E2
Lighter +20%#A3DAD0
Lighter +10%#7FCBBD
Darker −10%#42A290
Darker −20%#337E70
Darker −30%#255950
Darker −40%#16352F
More saturated +25%#3ED9BC
Less saturated −25%#789F98

Channel breakdown

R91
G188
B170
Red91 (35.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue168.87°
Saturation (HSL)41.99%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G BC · B AA

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