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Recognised as Colour

#5DD9DC

  • #5DD9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5DD9DC is a cyan with RGB values 93, 217, 220 and HSL 181°, 64%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5DD9DC#5DD9DC
HEX#5DD9DC
RGBrgb(93, 217, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.851, 0.8627
RGB percentages36.5%, 85.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(181.4, 64.5%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 57.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK57.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,150,620
CSS custom property--colour: #5DD9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5712WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.42:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#A22623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD0DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C1DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.5Turquoise · ΔE 13.4Light seagreen · ΔE 16Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.7Aqua · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC605D
Analogous#5DDCA0, #5D99DC
Triadic#DC5DD9, #D9DC5D
Split complementary#DC5D9A, #DCA05D
Tetradic#A05DDC, #DC605D, #99DC5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DBF7F7
Lighter +20%#B1EDEE
Lighter +10%#87E3E5
Darker −10%#33CFD3
Darker −20%#25AAAE
Darker −30%#1C8184
Darker −40%#13585A
More saturated +25%#44F0F5
Less saturated −25%#76C2C3

Channel breakdown

R93
G217
B220
Red93 (36.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue181.42°
Saturation (HSL)64.47%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5D · G D9 · B DC

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