#5FE9CC

A light, vivid cyan closely aligning with Turquoise.

About #5FE9CC

At its core, #5FE9CC is a light and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Turquoise. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 95, 233, and 204.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 59% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 167.4° hue, 75.8% saturation, and 64.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#5FE9CC
RGB95, 233, 204
HSL167.4°, 75.8%, 64.3%
CMYK59%, 0%, 12%, 9%
HSV167.4°, 59.2%, 91.4%
LAB84.5, -44.3, 2.9
XYZ44.8, 65.1, 67.3
Decimal6285772

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.50:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
14.01:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.43:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
11.91:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #5FE9CC; }
.text-color { color: #5FE9CC; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #5FE9CC; }

Similar Colors

Turquoise
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