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Recognised as Colour

#5ABEEF

  • #5ABEEF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#5ABEEF is a cyan with RGB values 90, 190, 239 and HSL 200°, 82%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#5ABEEF#5ABEEF
HEX#5ABEEF
RGBrgb(90, 190, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.3529, 0.7451, 0.9373
RGB percentages35.3%, 74.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(199.7, 82.3%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 62.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK62.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,947,119
CSS custom property--colour: #5ABEEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45233WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#A54110

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6BCF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#91ADEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 23.2Light blue · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF8B5A
Analogous#5AEFD6, #5A74EF
Triadic#EF5ABE, #BEEF5A
Split complementary#EF5A74, #EFD65A
Tetradic#D55AEF, #EF8B5A, #74EF5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5F5FD
Lighter +20%#B7E3F8
Lighter +10%#88D0F4
Darker −10%#2CACEA
Darker −20%#1491CF
Darker −30%#1071A0
Darker −40%#0B5072
More saturated +25%#4AC3FF
Less saturated −25%#71B6D8

Channel breakdown

R90
G190
B239
Red90 (35.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue199.73°
Saturation (HSL)82.32%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5A · G BE · B EF

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