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Recognised as Colour

#5FCEC2

  • #5FCEC2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5FCEC2 is a cyan with RGB values 95, 206, 194 and HSL 174°, 53%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5FCEC2#5FCEC2
HEX#5FCEC2
RGBrgb(95, 206, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.8078, 0.7608
RGB percentages37.3%, 80.8%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(173.5, 53.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 53.9%, 80.8%)
CMYK53.9%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,278,850
CSS custom property--colour: #5FCEC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.09:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#A0313D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C4C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B7C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.5Turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE5F6B
Analogous#5FCE8A, #5FA2CE
Triadic#C25FCE, #CEC25F
Split complementary#CE5FA3, #CE8A5F
Tetradic#8B5FCE, #CE5F6B, #A3CE5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFE
Lighter +30%#D4F2EF
Lighter +20%#ADE6E0
Lighter +10%#86DAD1
Darker −10%#3BBFB1
Darker −20%#2F988D
Darker −30%#237169
Darker −40%#174A45
More saturated +25%#45E8D6
Less saturated −25%#79B4AE

Channel breakdown

R95
G206
B194
Red95 (37.3%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue173.51°
Saturation (HSL)53.11%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5F · G CE · B C2

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