Recognised as Colour

#5FFFE3

#5FFFE3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#5FFFE3 is a cyan with RGB values 95, 255, 227 and HSL 170°, 100%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#5FFFE3#5FFFE3

HEX#5FFFE3

RGBrgb(95, 255, 227)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 1, 0.8902

RGB percentages37.3%, 100%, 89%

HSLhsl(169.5, 100%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.5, 62.7%, 100%)

CMYK62.7%, 0%, 11%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,291,427

CSS custom property--colour: #5FFFE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.9:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#A0001C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F1E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DEDFE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.1 Turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Aqua · ΔE 15.2 Cyan · ΔE 15.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5F7B

Analogous#5FFF93, #5FCBFF

Triadic#E35FFF, #FFE35F

Split complementary#FF5FCB, #FF935F

Tetradic#935FFF, #FF5F7B, #CBFF5F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8FFFE

Lighter +20%#C5FFF5

Lighter +10%#92FFEC

Darker −10%#2CFFDA

Darker −20%#00F8CD

Darker −30%#00C5A3

Darker −40%#009278

More saturated +25%#5FFFE3

Less saturated −25%#73EBD6

Channel breakdown

R95

G255

B227

Red95 (37.3%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue227 (89%)

Hue169.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5F · G FF · B E3

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