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Recognised as Colour

#5FB6AA

  • #5FB6AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5FB6AA is a cyan with RGB values 95, 182, 170 and HSL 172°, 37%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5FB6AA#5FB6AA
HEX#5FB6AA
RGBrgb(95, 182, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7137, 0.6667
RGB percentages37.3%, 71.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(171.7, 37.3%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 47.8%, 71.4%)
CMYK47.8%, 0%, 6.6%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,272,682
CSS custom property--colour: #5FB6AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.76:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#A04955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAEAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A3ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#35B9B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2Cadetblue · ΔE 13.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2Dark cyan · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B65F6B
Analogous#5FB67E, #5F97B6
Triadic#AA5FB6, #B6AA5F
Split complementary#B65F97, #B67F5F
Tetradic#7E5FB6, #B65F6B, #97B65F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EBF6F4
Lighter +30%#C8E6E2
Lighter +20%#A5D6CF
Lighter +10%#82C6BD
Darker −10%#479B90
Darker −20%#37786F
Darker −30%#27554F
Darker −40%#17322E
More saturated +25%#42D3BF
Less saturated −25%#7C9995

Channel breakdown

R95
G182
B170
Red95 (37.3%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue171.72°
Saturation (HSL)37.34%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5F · G B6 · B AA

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