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Recognised as Colour

#5FBCAC

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

#5FBCAC is a cyan with RGB values 95, 188, 172 and HSL 170°, 41%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5FBCAC#5FBCAC
HEX#5FBCAC
RGBrgb(95, 188, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7373, 0.6745
RGB percentages37.3%, 73.7%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(169.7, 41%, 55.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.7, 49.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK49.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,274,220
CSS custom property--colour: #5FBCAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#A04353

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A8ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32 from the original
Tritanopia#32BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC5F6F
Analogous#5FBC7E, #5F9DBC
Triadic#AC5FBC, #BCAC5F
Split complementary#BC5F9D, #BC7E5F
Tetradic#7E5FBC, #BC5F6F, #9EBC5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF8F7
Lighter +30%#CBE9E4
Lighter +20%#A7DAD1
Lighter +10%#83CBBF
Darker −10%#44A493
Darker −20%#358073
Darker −30%#265C52
Darker −40%#173832
More saturated +25%#43D8BF
Less saturated −25%#7BA099

Channel breakdown

R95
G188
B172
Red95 (37.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue169.68°
Saturation (HSL)40.97%
Lightness55.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5F · G BC · B AC

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