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Recognised as Colour

#5BC7DA

  • #5BC7DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#5BC7DA is a cyan with RGB values 91, 199, 218 and HSL 189°, 63%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#5BC7DA#5BC7DA
HEX#5BC7DA
RGBrgb(91, 199, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7804, 0.8549
RGB percentages35.7%, 78%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(189, 63.2%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189, 58.3%, 85.5%)
CMYK58.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,014,938
CSS custom property--colour: #5BC7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#A43825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C1DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B2DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 18.6Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA6E5B
Analogous#5BDAAE, #5B87DA
Triadic#DA5BC7, #C7DA5B
Split complementary#DA5B88, #DAAE5B
Tetradic#AD5BDA, #DA6E5B, #87DA5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D8F2F6
Lighter +20%#AEE3ED
Lighter +10%#85D5E3
Darker −10%#31B9D1
Darker −20%#2695A9
Darker −30%#1D717F
Darker −40%#134C56
More saturated +25%#42D9F3
Less saturated −25%#74B5C1

Channel breakdown

R91
G199
B218
Red91 (35.7%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue188.98°
Saturation (HSL)63.18%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G C7 · B DA

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