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Colour

#5BBEE8

  • #5BBEE8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#5BBEE8 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 190, 232 and HSL 198°, 75%, 63%. 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

#5BBEE8#5BBEE8
HEX#5BBEE8
RGBrgb(91, 190, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7451, 0.9098
RGB percentages35.7%, 74.5%, 91%
HSLhsl(197.9, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.9, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK60.8%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,012,648
CSS custom property--colour: #5BBEE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.98:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#A44117

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BBEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#94ACE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.2Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 13Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9Light blue · ΔE 22Steel blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8855B
Analogous#5BE8CB, #5B78E8
Triadic#E85BBE, #BEE85B
Split complementary#E85B78, #E8CB5B
Tetradic#CB5BE8, #E8855B, #78E85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F3FB
Lighter +20%#B4E1F5
Lighter +10%#88D0EE
Darker −10%#2EACE2
Darker −20%#1B90C2
Darker −30%#156F95
Darker −40%#0F4E68
More saturated +25%#44C7FF
Less saturated −25%#72B5D1

Channel breakdown

R91
G190
B232
Red91 (35.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue197.87°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G BE · B E8

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