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Recognised as Colour

#5BE2CA

  • #5BE2CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5BE2CA is a cyan with RGB values 91, 226, 202 and HSL 169°, 70%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE2CA#5BE2CA
HEX#5BE2CA
RGBrgb(91, 226, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.8863, 0.7922
RGB percentages35.7%, 88.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(169.3, 69.9%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.3, 59.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK59.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,021,834
CSS custom property--colour: #5BE2CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#A41D35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D5C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C7CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E5DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.8Aquamarine · ΔE 13.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Aqua · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E25B73
Analogous#5BE287, #5BB6E2
Triadic#CA5BE2, #E2CA5B
Split complementary#E25BB6, #E2875B
Tetradic#875BE2, #E25B73, #B6E25B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DDF9F4
Lighter +20%#B2F1E6
Lighter +10%#86EAD8
Darker −10%#30DABC
Darker −20%#20B79C
Darker −30%#198B77
Darker −40%#116052
More saturated +25%#43FADA
Less saturated −25%#73CABA

Channel breakdown

R91
G226
B202
Red91 (35.7%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue169.33°
Saturation (HSL)69.95%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G E2 · B CA

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