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Recognised as Colour

#5EC6BF

  • #5EC6BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5EC6BF is a cyan with RGB values 94, 198, 191 and HSL 176°, 48%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5EC6BF#5EC6BF
HEX#5EC6BF
RGBrgb(94, 198, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.7765, 0.749
RGB percentages36.9%, 77.6%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(176, 47.7%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 52.5%, 77.6%)
CMYK52.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,211,263
CSS custom property--colour: #5EC6BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46529WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#A13940

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCBDBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB0C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Tritanopia#0DCAC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Light seagreen · ΔE 9.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.5Turquoise · ΔE 14.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C65E65
Analogous#5EC68B, #5E99C6
Triadic#BF5EC6, #C6BF5E
Split complementary#C65E99, #C68B5E
Tetradic#8B5EC6, #C65E65, #99C65E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FBFB
Lighter +30%#CFEEEC
Lighter +20%#A9E1DD
Lighter +10%#84D3CE
Darker −10%#3FB2AA
Darker −20%#328C86
Darker −30%#246762
Darker −40%#17413E
More saturated +25%#43E1D7
Less saturated −25%#79ABA7

Channel breakdown

R94
G198
B191
Red94 (36.9%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue175.96°
Saturation (HSL)47.71%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5E · G C6 · B BF

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