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Colour

#5BBFE8

  • #5BBFE8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#5BBFE8 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 191, 232 and HSL 197°, 75%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#5BBFE8#5BBFE8
HEX#5BBFE8
RGBrgb(91, 191, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.749, 0.9098
RGB percentages35.7%, 74.9%, 91%
HSLhsl(197.4, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK60.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,012,904
CSS custom property--colour: #5BBFE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45312WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.06:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#A44017

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9BCEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#96ADE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.4 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 text10.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 21.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8845B
Analogous#5BE8CB, #5B78E8
Triadic#E85BBF, #BFE85B
Split complementary#E85B78, #E8CB5B
Tetradic#CB5BE8, #E8845B, #78E85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F3FB
Lighter +20%#B4E2F5
Lighter +10%#88D0EE
Darker −10%#2EAEE2
Darker −20%#1B91C2
Darker −30%#157095
Darker −40%#0F4E68
More saturated +25%#44C9FF
Less saturated −25%#72B5D1

Channel breakdown

R91
G191
B232
Red91 (35.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue197.45°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G BF · B E8

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