Colour

#5DD4E4

#5DD4E4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#5DD4E4 is a cyan with RGB values 93, 212, 228 and HSL 187°, 71%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#5DD4E4

RGBrgb(93, 212, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.8314, 0.8941

RGB percentages36.5%, 83.1%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(187.1, 71.4%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.1, 59.2%, 89.4%)

CMYK59.2%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,149,348

CSS custom property--colour: #5DD4E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#A22B1B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4CDE5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFBDE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00DCD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

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

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Sky blue · ΔE 14.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Powder blue · ΔE 19 Light blue · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E46D5D

Analogous#5DE4B0, #5D91E4

Triadic#E45DD4, #D4E45D

Split complementary#E45D91, #E4B05D

Tetradic#B05DE4, #E46D5D, #91E45D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E0F7FA

Lighter +20%#B4EBF3

Lighter +10%#89E0EB

Darker −10%#31C8DD

Darker −20%#1FA9BC

Darker −30%#188290

Darker −40%#115A64

More saturated +25%#45E6FC

Less saturated −25%#75C2CC

Channel breakdown

R93

G212

B228

Red93 (36.5%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue187.11°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5D · G D4 · B E4

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