Recognised as Colour

#5CF2D9

#5CF2D9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#5CF2D9 is a cyan with RGB values 92, 242, 217 and HSL 170°, 85%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5CF2D9#5CF2D9

HEX#5CF2D9

RGBrgb(92, 242, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.949, 0.851

RGB percentages36.1%, 94.9%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(170, 85.2%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170, 62%, 94.9%)

CMYK62%, 0%, 10.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,091,481

CSS custom property--colour: #5CF2D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#A30D26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8E4D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D4DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.6 Aquamarine · ΔE 10.5 Aqua · ΔE 15.1 Cyan · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F25C75

Analogous#5CF28E, #5CC0F2

Triadic#D95CF2, #F2D95C

Split complementary#F25CC0, #F28E5C

Tetradic#8E5CF2, #F25C75, #C0F25C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EAFDFA

Lighter +20%#BAFAEF

Lighter +10%#8BF6E4

Darker −10%#2DEECE

Darker −20%#11D7B6

Darker −30%#0DA88E

Darker −40%#0A7866

More saturated +25%#4FFFE2

Less saturated −25%#72DCCA

Channel breakdown

R92

G242

B217

Red92 (36.1%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue170°

Saturation (HSL)85.23%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5C · G F2 · B D9

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