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Recognised as Colour

#5BBBBE

  • #5BBBBE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#5BBBBE is a cyan with RGB values 91, 187, 190 and HSL 182°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#5BBBBE#5BBBBE
HEX#5BBBBE
RGBrgb(91, 187, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7333, 0.7451
RGB percentages35.7%, 73.3%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(181.8, 43.2%, 55.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 52.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK52.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,011,838
CSS custom property--colour: #5BBBBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#A44441

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B4BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA7BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#04C1BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12Cadetblue · ΔE 12.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 18.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE5E5B
Analogous#5BBE90, #5B8ABE
Triadic#BE5BBB, #BBBE5B
Split complementary#BE5B8A, #BE905B
Tetradic#8F5BBE, #BE5E5B, #8ABE5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDF8F8
Lighter +30%#C9E8E9
Lighter +20%#A4D9DB
Lighter +10%#80CACC
Darker −10%#41A2A5
Darker −20%#337E80
Darker −30%#245A5C
Darker −40%#163637
More saturated +25%#3ED6DB
Less saturated −25%#78A0A1

Channel breakdown

R91
G187
B190
Red91 (35.7%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue181.82°
Saturation (HSL)43.23%
Lightness55.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G BB · B BE

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