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Recognised as Colour

#5BBCE8

  • #5BBCE8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#5BBCE8 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 188, 232 and HSL 199°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#5BBCE8#5BBCE8
HEX#5BBCE8
RGBrgb(91, 188, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7373, 0.9098
RGB percentages35.7%, 73.7%, 91%
HSLhsl(198.7, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK60.8%, 19%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,012,136
CSS custom property--colour: #5BBCE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#A44317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B9EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ABE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.2Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.2Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9Light blue · ΔE 22.8Steel blue · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8875B
Analogous#5BE8CD, #5B76E8
Triadic#E85BBC, #BCE85B
Split complementary#E85B76, #E8CD5B
Tetradic#CD5BE8, #E8875B, #76E85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F3FB
Lighter +20%#B4E1F5
Lighter +10%#88CEEE
Darker −10%#2EAAE2
Darker −20%#1B8EC2
Darker −30%#156D95
Darker −40%#0F4C68
More saturated +25%#44C5FF
Less saturated −25%#72B3D1

Channel breakdown

R91
G188
B232
Red91 (35.7%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue198.72°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G BC · B E8

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