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Recognised as Colour

#5E8A89

  • #5E8A89
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#5E8A89 is a cyan with RGB values 94, 138, 137 and HSL 179°, 19%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5E8A89#5E8A89
HEX#5E8A89
RGBrgb(94, 138, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.5412, 0.5373
RGB percentages36.9%, 54.1%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(178.6, 19%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.6, 31.9%, 54.1%)
CMYK31.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,195,849
CSS custom property--colour: #5E8A89;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#A17576

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858689no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C8089no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#4E8D8Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.7Slate grey · ΔE 14.6Light slate grey · ΔE 14.7Teal · ΔE 15.5Gray · ΔE 15.8Dark cyan · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A5E5F
Analogous#5E8A73, #5E758A
Triadic#895E8A, #8A895E
Split complementary#8A5E75, #8A735E
Tetradic#735E8A, #8A5E5F, #758A5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3E1E1
Lighter +30%#B5CCCC
Lighter +20%#96B8B7
Lighter +10%#78A3A2
Darker −10%#496C6B
Darker −20%#354D4D
Darker −30%#202F2F
Darker −40%#0B1111
More saturated +25%#41A7A5
Less saturated −25%#747474

Channel breakdown

R94
G138
B137
Red94 (36.9%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue178.64°
Saturation (HSL)18.97%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5E · G 8A · B 89

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