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Recognised as Colour

#5FC9BC

  • #5FC9BC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5FC9BC is a cyan with RGB values 95, 201, 188 and HSL 173°, 50%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5FC9BC#5FC9BC
HEX#5FC9BC
RGBrgb(95, 201, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7882, 0.7373
RGB percentages37.3%, 78.8%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(172.6, 49.5%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 52.7%, 78.8%)
CMYK52.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,277,564
CSS custom property--colour: #5FC9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#A03643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0BFBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFB3BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#18CDC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C95F6C
Analogous#5FC987, #5FA1C9
Triadic#BC5FC9, #C9BC5F
Split complementary#C95FA1, #C9875F
Tetradic#875FC9, #C95F6C, #A1C95F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FCFC
Lighter +30%#D1F0EC
Lighter +20%#ABE3DC
Lighter +10%#85D6CC
Darker −10%#3EB7A8
Darker −20%#319185
Darker −30%#246B62
Darker −40%#17453F
More saturated +25%#44E4D0
Less saturated −25%#7AAEA8

Channel breakdown

R95
G201
B188
Red95 (37.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue172.64°
Saturation (HSL)49.53%
Lightness58.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5F · G C9 · B BC

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