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Recognised as Colour

#5FB8BF

  • #5FB8BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#5FB8BF is a cyan with RGB values 95, 184, 191 and HSL 184°, 43%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#5FB8BF#5FB8BF
HEX#5FB8BF
RGBrgb(95, 184, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7216, 0.749
RGB percentages37.3%, 72.2%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(184.4, 42.9%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 50.3%, 74.9%)
CMYK50.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,273,215
CSS custom property--colour: #5FB8BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#A04740

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADB1C0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA6BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#1FBEBAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Light seagreen · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 16.6Dark cyan · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.91, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF665F
Analogous#5FBF96, #5F88BF
Triadic#BF5FB8, #B8BF5F
Split complementary#BF5F88, #BF965F
Tetradic#965FBF, #BF665F, #88BF5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1F9F9
Lighter +30%#CCE8EB
Lighter +20%#A8D8DC
Lighter +10%#83C8CE
Darker −10%#43A1A8
Darker −20%#357E83
Darker −30%#265B5F
Darker −40%#17383B
More saturated +25%#43D0DB
Less saturated −25%#7BA0A3

Channel breakdown

R95
G184
B191
Red95 (37.3%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue184.38°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G B8 · B BF

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