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Recognised as Colour

#5CAEAA

  • #5CAEAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#5CAEAA is a cyan with RGB values 92, 174, 170 and HSL 177°, 34%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5CAEAA#5CAEAA
HEX#5CAEAA
RGBrgb(92, 174, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.6824, 0.6667
RGB percentages36.1%, 68.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(177.1, 33.6%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 47.1%, 68.2%)
CMYK47.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,074,026
CSS custom property--colour: #5CAEAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.09:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#A35155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A7AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#989CABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#30B2ADno 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 text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Dark cyan · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Teal · ΔE 18.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE5C60
Analogous#5CAE81, #5C89AE
Triadic#AA5CAE, #AEAA5C
Split complementary#AE5C89, #AE815C
Tetradic#815CAE, #AE5C60, #89AE5C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F2F1
Lighter +30%#C2E1DF
Lighter +20%#A0D0CE
Lighter +10%#7EBFBC
Darker −10%#47908C
Darker −20%#366E6B
Darker −30%#264B4A
Darker −40%#152928
More saturated +25%#3ECDC6
Less saturated −25%#7B908E

Channel breakdown

R92
G174
B170
Red92 (36.1%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue177.07°
Saturation (HSL)33.61%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5C · G AE · B AA

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