Recognised as Colour

#5FA895

#5FA895
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#5FA895 is a cyan with RGB values 95, 168, 149 and HSL 164°, 30%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

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HEX#5FA895

RGBrgb(95, 168, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.6588, 0.5843

RGB percentages37.3%, 65.9%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(164.4, 29.6%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(164.4, 43.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK43.5%, 0%, 11.3%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,269,077

CSS custom property--colour: #5FA895;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32608WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.52:1

Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#A0576A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3A094no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#979796no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Tritanopia#45AAA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.6 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17 Dark seagreen · ΔE 17.8 Teal · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 13.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A85F72

Analogous#5FA870, #5F97A8

Triadic#955FA8, #A8955F

Split complementary#A85F97, #A8705F

Tetradic#705FA8, #A85F72, #97A85F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E3F0ED

Lighter +30%#C2DED7

Lighter +20%#A1CCC1

Lighter +10%#80BAAB

Darker −10%#4B8979

Darker −20%#39685C

Darker −30%#27473F

Darker −40%#152622

More saturated +25%#40C7A4

Less saturated −25%#7E8986

Channel breakdown

R95

G168

B149

Red95 (37.3%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue164.38°

Saturation (HSL)29.55%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5F · G A8 · B 95

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