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Colour

#5FB9AD

  • #5FB9AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5FB9AD is a cyan with RGB values 95, 185, 173 and HSL 172°, 39%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5FB9AD#5FB9AD
HEX#5FB9AD
RGBrgb(95, 185, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7255, 0.6784
RGB percentages37.3%, 72.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(172, 39.1%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 48.6%, 72.5%)
CMYK48.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,273,453
CSS custom property--colour: #5FB9AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40148WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#A04652

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B0ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A5AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#32BCB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2Turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B95F6B
Analogous#5FB980, #5F98B9
Triadic#AD5FB9, #B9AD5F
Split complementary#B95F98, #B9805F
Tetradic#805FB9, #B95F6B, #98B95F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF7F6
Lighter +30%#C9E8E4
Lighter +20%#A6D8D1
Lighter +10%#82C9BF
Darker −10%#469F93
Darker −20%#367C73
Darker −30%#275852
Darker −40%#173531
More saturated +25%#42D6C2
Less saturated −25%#7C9C98

Channel breakdown

R95
G185
B173
Red95 (37.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)39.13%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5F · G B9 · B AD

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