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Recognised as Colour

#5CD3DC

  • #5CD3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5CD3DC is a cyan with RGB values 92, 211, 220 and HSL 184°, 65%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5CD3DC#5CD3DC
HEX#5CD3DC
RGBrgb(92, 211, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.8275, 0.8627
RGB percentages36.1%, 82.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(184.2, 64.6%, 61.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.2, 58.2%, 86.3%)
CMYK58.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,083,548
CSS custom property--colour: #5CD3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#A32C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CBDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 10Light seagreen · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 17.2Turquoise · ΔE 17.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC655C
Analogous#5CDCA5, #5C93DC
Triadic#DC5CD3, #D3DC5C
Split complementary#DC5C93, #DCA55C
Tetradic#A55CDC, #DC655C, #93DC5C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAF5F7
Lighter +20%#B0EAEE
Lighter +10%#86DEE5
Darker −10%#32C8D3
Darker −20%#25A3AD
Darker −30%#1C7C83
Darker −40%#135459
More saturated +25%#43E8F5
Less saturated −25%#75BEC3

Channel breakdown

R92
G211
B220
Red92 (36.1%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue184.22°
Saturation (HSL)64.65%
Lightness61.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G D3 · B DC

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