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Recognised as Colour

#5FBDB0

  • #5FBDB0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5FBDB0 is a cyan with RGB values 95, 189, 176 and HSL 172°, 42%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5FBDB0#5FBDB0
HEX#5FBDB0
RGBrgb(95, 189, 176)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7412, 0.6902
RGB percentages37.3%, 74.1%, 69%
HSLhsl(171.7, 41.6%, 55.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 49.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK49.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,274,480
CSS custom property--colour: #5FBDB0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#A0424F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B4B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A9B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2EC0B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.9Turquoise · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD5F6C
Analogous#5FBD81, #5F9BBD
Triadic#B05FBD, #BDB05F
Split complementary#BD5F9B, #BD815F
Tetradic#815FBD, #BD5F6C, #9BBD5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF9F7
Lighter +30%#CBEAE5
Lighter +20%#A7DBD4
Lighter +10%#83CCC2
Darker −10%#44A598
Darker −20%#358176
Darker −30%#265D55
Darker −40%#173934
More saturated +25%#43D9C4
Less saturated −25%#7BA19C

Channel breakdown

R95
G189
B176
Red95 (37.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue176 (69%)
Hue171.7°
Saturation (HSL)41.59%
Lightness55.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5F · G BD · B B0

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