Recognised as Colour

#5FCCCE

#5FCCCE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5FCCCE is a cyan with RGB values 95, 204, 206 and HSL 181°, 53%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5FCCCE#5FCCCE

HEX#5FCCCE

RGBrgb(95, 204, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.8, 0.8078

RGB percentages37.3%, 80%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(181.1, 53.1%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 53.9%, 80.8%)

CMYK53.9%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,278,350

CSS custom property--colour: #5FCCCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.01:1

Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#A03331

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C0C4CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEB6CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#00D2CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.2 Turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CE615F

Analogous#5FCE98, #5F95CE

Triadic#CE5FCC, #CCCE5F

Split complementary#CE5F95, #CE985F

Tetradic#985FCE, #CE615F, #95CE5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FBFEFE

Lighter +30%#D4F1F2

Lighter +20%#ADE5E6

Lighter +10%#86D8DA

Darker −10%#3BBDBF

Darker −20%#2F9698

Darker −30%#237071

Darker −40%#17494A

More saturated +25%#45E5E8

Less saturated −25%#79B3B4

Channel breakdown

R95

G204

B206

Red95 (37.3%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue181.08°

Saturation (HSL)53.11%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G CC · B CE

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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