Recognised as Colour

#5CD9E6

#5CD9E6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#5CD9E6 is a cyan with RGB values 92, 217, 230 and HSL 186°, 73%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#5CD9E6

RGBrgb(92, 217, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.851, 0.902

RGB percentages36.1%, 85.1%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(185.7, 73.4%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 60%, 90.2%)

CMYK60%, 5.7%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,085,094

CSS custom property--colour: #5CD9E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.52:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#A32619

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9D1E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4C1E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3 Sky blue · ΔE 16.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E6695C

Analogous#5CE6AE, #5C94E6

Triadic#E65CD9, #D9E65C

Split complementary#E65C94, #E6AE5C

Tetradic#AE5CE6, #E6695C, #94E65C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1F8FA

Lighter +20%#B4EEF4

Lighter +10%#88E3ED

Darker −10%#30CFDF

Darker −20%#1DB0BF

Darker −30%#168793

Darker −40%#105E66

More saturated +25%#45ECFE

Less saturated −25%#73C6CF

Channel breakdown

R92

G217

B230

Red92 (36.1%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue185.65°

Saturation (HSL)73.4%

Lightness63.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5C · G D9 · B E6

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