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Recognised as Colour

#5DECE3

  • #5DECE3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5DECE3 is a cyan with RGB values 93, 236, 227 and HSL 176°, 79%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5DECE3#5DECE3
HEX#5DECE3
RGBrgb(93, 236, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.3647, 0.9255, 0.8902
RGB percentages36.5%, 92.5%, 89%
HSLhsl(176.2, 79%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.2, 60.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK60.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,155,491
CSS custom property--colour: #5DECE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.57:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#A2131C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E0E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D0E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00F2E9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Aqua · ΔE 11.8Cyan · ΔE 11.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC5D66
Analogous#5DEC9C, #5DAEEC
Triadic#E35DEC, #ECE35D
Split complementary#EC5DAE, #EC9B5D
Tetradic#9B5DEC, #EC5D66, #AEEC5D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6FCFB
Lighter +20%#B8F7F3
Lighter +10%#8BF1EB
Darker −10%#2FE7DB
Darker −20%#18CBC0
Darker −30%#129E95
Darker −40%#0D706A
More saturated +25%#4AFFF4
Less saturated −25%#74D5CF

Channel breakdown

R93
G236
B227
Red93 (36.5%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue176.22°
Saturation (HSL)79.01%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5D · G EC · B E3

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