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Recognised as Colour

#5CB2AB

  • #5CB2AB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5CB2AB is a cyan with RGB values 92, 178, 171 and HSL 175°, 36%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5CB2AB#5CB2AB
HEX#5CB2AB
RGBrgb(92, 178, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.698, 0.6706
RGB percentages36.1%, 69.8%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(175.1, 35.8%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.1, 48.3%, 69.8%)
CMYK48.3%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,075,051
CSS custom property--colour: #5CB2AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.41:1
Contrast with white2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#A34D54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAAAABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9FACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Tritanopia#2EB6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Cadetblue · ΔE 10.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1Dark cyan · ΔE 16Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B25C63
Analogous#5CB280, #5C8EB2
Triadic#AB5CB2, #B2AB5C
Split complementary#B25C8E, #B2805C
Tetradic#805CB2, #B25C63, #8EB25C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F3F2
Lighter +30%#C4E3E1
Lighter +20%#A1D3CF
Lighter +10%#7FC2BD
Darker −10%#46958E
Darker −20%#36726D
Darker −30%#264F4C
Darker −40%#152D2B
More saturated +25%#3ED0C4
Less saturated −25%#7A9492

Channel breakdown

R92
G178
B171
Red92 (36.1%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue175.12°
Saturation (HSL)35.83%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5C · G B2 · B AB

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