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Recognised as Colour

#5EAE9B

  • #5EAE9B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5EAE9B is a cyan with RGB values 94, 174, 155 and HSL 166°, 33%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5EAE9B#5EAE9B
HEX#5EAE9B
RGBrgb(94, 174, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.6824, 0.6078
RGB percentages36.9%, 68.2%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(165.7, 33.1%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.7, 46%, 68.2%)
CMYK46%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,205,083
CSS custom property--colour: #5EAE9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1
Contrast with white2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#A15164

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9A59Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9C9Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Tritanopia#3FB0A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Dark cyan · ΔE 17.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE5E71
Analogous#5EAE73, #5E99AE
Triadic#9B5EAE, #AE9B5E
Split complementary#AE5E99, #AE735E
Tetradic#735EAE, #AE5E71, #99AE5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F2EF
Lighter +30%#C4E1DA
Lighter +20%#A2D0C5
Lighter +10%#80BFB0
Darker −10%#49907F
Darker −20%#386E61
Darker −30%#264D43
Darker −40%#152B26
More saturated +25%#40CCAB
Less saturated −25%#7C908B

Channel breakdown

R94
G174
B155
Red94 (36.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue165.75°
Saturation (HSL)33.06%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5E · G AE · B 9B

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