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Recognised as Colour

#5BECBC

  • #5BECBC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#5BECBC is a cyan with RGB values 91, 236, 188 and HSL 160°, 79%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#5BECBC#5BECBC
HEX#5BECBC
RGBrgb(91, 236, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.9255, 0.7373
RGB percentages35.7%, 92.5%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(160.1, 79.2%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.1, 61.4%, 92.5%)
CMYK61.4%, 0%, 20.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,024,380
CSS custom property--colour: #5BECBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.17:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#A41343

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7DDBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2CEBFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original
Tritanopia#00EDDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3Turquoise · ΔE 17.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.2Light green · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC5B8B
Analogous#5BEC74, #5BD3EC
Triadic#BC5BEC, #ECBC5B
Split complementary#EC5BD3, #EC745B
Tetradic#745BEC, #EC5B8B, #D3EC5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4FCF4
Lighter +20%#B6F7E1
Lighter +10%#89F1CF
Darker −10%#2DE7A9
Darker −20%#17CA8F
Darker −30%#129C6E
Darker −40%#0D6E4E
More saturated +25%#48FFC2
Less saturated −25%#72D5B4

Channel breakdown

R91
G236
B188
Red91 (35.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue160.14°
Saturation (HSL)79.23%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G EC · B BC

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