Recognised as Colour

#5BC7DC

#5BC7DC
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#5BC7DC is a cyan with RGB values 91, 199, 220 and HSL 190°, 65%, 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

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HEX#5BC7DC

RGBrgb(91, 199, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7804, 0.8627

RGB percentages35.7%, 78%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(189.8, 64.8%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.8, 58.6%, 86.3%)

CMYK58.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,014,940

CSS custom property--colour: #5BC7DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.65:1

Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2

Inverted#A43823

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6C1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3B2DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00D0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2 Light blue · ΔE 18.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DC705B

Analogous#5BDCB1, #5B86DC

Triadic#DC5BC7, #C7DC5B

Split complementary#DC5B86, #DCB15B

Tetradic#B15BDC, #DC705B, #87DC5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D9F2F7

Lighter +20%#AFE4EE

Lighter +10%#85D5E5

Darker −10%#31B9D3

Darker −20%#2596AC

Darker −30%#1C7282

Darker −40%#134D58

More saturated +25%#42D8F5

Less saturated −25%#74B6C3

Channel breakdown

R91

G199

B220

Red91 (35.7%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue189.77°

Saturation (HSL)64.82%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G C7 · B DC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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