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Recognised as Colour

#5BF2E8

  • #5BF2E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5BF2E8 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 242, 232 and HSL 176°, 85%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5BF2E8#5BF2E8
HEX#5BF2E8
RGBrgb(91, 242, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.949, 0.9098
RGB percentages35.7%, 94.9%, 91%
HSLhsl(176, 85.3%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 62.4%, 94.9%)
CMYK62.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,025,960
CSS custom property--colour: #5BF2E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#A40D17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E6E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00F8EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.5Aqua · ΔE 10Cyan · ΔE 10Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2Aquamarine · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F25B65
Analogous#5BF29D, #5BB1F2
Triadic#E85BF2, #F2E85B
Split complementary#F25BB1, #F29D5B
Tetradic#9D5BF2, #F25B65, #B1F25B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9FDFC
Lighter +20%#BAF9F5
Lighter +10%#8AF6EF
Darker −10%#2CEEE1
Darker −20%#11D6C9
Darker −30%#0DA79D
Darker −40%#097870
More saturated +25%#4EFFF3
Less saturated −25%#71DCD5

Channel breakdown

R91
G242
B232
Red91 (35.7%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue176.03°
Saturation (HSL)85.31%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G F2 · B E8

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