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Recognised as Colour

#5BBAD7

  • #5BBAD7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#5BBAD7 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 186, 215 and HSL 194°, 61%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#5BBAD7#5BBAD7
HEX#5BBAD7
RGBrgb(91, 186, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7294, 0.8431
RGB percentages35.7%, 72.9%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(194, 60.8%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 57.7%, 84.3%)
CMYK57.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,011,607
CSS custom property--colour: #5BBAD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.45:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#A44528

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8B6D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#96A8D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5Light blue · ΔE 19.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7785B
Analogous#5BD7B6, #5B7CD7
Triadic#D75BBA, #BAD75B
Split complementary#D75B7C, #D7B65B
Tetradic#B65BD7, #D7785B, #7CD75B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D6EEF5
Lighter +20%#ADDDEB
Lighter +10%#84CBE1
Darker −10%#32A9CD
Darker −20%#2887A4
Darker −30%#1E657B
Darker −40%#144452
More saturated +25%#42C8F1
Less saturated −25%#75ACBE

Channel breakdown

R91
G186
B215
Red91 (35.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue194.03°
Saturation (HSL)60.78%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G BA · B D7

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