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#5DCBAA Color

#5DCBAA is rgb(93, 203, 170) in RGB, hsl(162, 51%, 58%) in HSL, and about cmyk(54%, 0%, 16%, 20%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 2.09. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#5DCBAA
HEX#5DCBAA
RGBrgb(93, 203, 170)
HSLhsl(162, 51%, 58%)
HSVhsv(162, 54%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 0%, 16%, 20%)
OKLCHoklch(76.8% 0.113 170.9)
LABlab(74.63% -39.05 6.47)
LCHlch(74.63% 39.58 170.59)

What #5DCBAA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #5DCBAA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#5DCBAA Channel Values

How #5DCBAA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 93 · G 203 · B 1708-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 162° · S 51% · L 58%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 162° · S 54% · V 80%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 54% · M 0% · Y 16% · K 20%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.98:1 vs white · 10.59:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #5DCBAA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.98:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text10.59:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #5DCBAA in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #5DCBAA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #5DCBAA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #5DCBAA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #5DCBAA.

How #5DCBAA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#5DCBAA
Protanopia#BEBEAA
Protanomaly#A0C3AA
Deuteranopia#B0B0AD
Deuteranomaly#96BCAC
Tritanopia#67C7C7
Tritanomaly#63C9BC
Achromatopsia#B8B8B8

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #5DCBAA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-5dcbaa: #5DCBAA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #5DCBAA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-5dcbaa': '#5DCBAA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.365, green: 0.796, blue: 0.667)
Android XML<color name="color_5dcbaa">#5DCBAA</color>
SVG fillfill="#5DCBAA"

More Green Colors

#5DCBAA sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#5DCBAA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #5DCBAA?

#5DCBAA is a mid-tone green — rgb(93, 203, 170) in RGB and hsl(162, 51%, 58%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66CDAA), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 2.09.

What is the RGB value of #5DCBAA?

#5DCBAA is rgb(93, 203, 170) — red 93, green 203, and blue 170 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #5DCBAA?

#5DCBAA converts to approximately cmyk(54%, 0%, 16%, 20%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #5DCBAA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #5DCBAA scores 1.98:1 against white and 10.59:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #5DCBAA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #5DCBAA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA) at a CIE76 distance of 2.09, which is below the threshold most people can see.

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