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Recognised as Colour

#5E8E97

  • #5E8E97
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#5E8E97 is a cyan with RGB values 94, 142, 151 and HSL 189°, 23%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5E8E97#5E8E97
HEX#5E8E97
RGBrgb(94, 142, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.5569, 0.5922
RGB percentages36.9%, 55.7%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(189.5, 23.3%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 37.7%, 59.2%)
CMYK37.7%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,196,887
CSS custom property--colour: #5E8E97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.79:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#A17168

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#868B98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#7D8397no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#489291no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 8.2Light slate grey · ΔE 11.6Slate grey · ΔE 12.1Teal · ΔE 17Gray · ΔE 17.2Dark cyan · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97675E
Analogous#5E9784, #5E7197
Triadic#975E8E, #8E975E
Split complementary#975E71, #97845E
Tetradic#845E97, #97675E, #71975E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9E5E8
Lighter +30%#BAD0D4
Lighter +20%#9BBAC0
Lighter +10%#7BA5AD
Darker −10%#4A7078
Darker −20%#375358
Darker −30%#233539
Darker −40%#101819
More saturated +25%#3FA3B6
Less saturated −25%#7B7B7B

Channel breakdown

R94
G142
B151
Red94 (36.9%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue189.47°
Saturation (HSL)23.27%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G 8E · B 97

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