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Recognised as Colour

#5BC8BB

  • #5BC8BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5BC8BB is a cyan with RGB values 91, 200, 187 and HSL 173°, 50%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5BC8BB#5BC8BB
HEX#5BC8BB
RGBrgb(91, 200, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7843, 0.7333
RGB percentages35.7%, 78.4%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(172.8, 49.8%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.8, 54.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK54.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,015,163
CSS custom property--colour: #5BC8BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#A43744

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFBEBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEB1BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CCC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7Light seagreen · ΔE 9.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 12Turquoise · ΔE 12Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C85B68
Analogous#5BC884, #5B9EC8
Triadic#BB5BC8, #C8BB5B
Split complementary#C85B9E, #C8845B
Tetradic#845BC8, #C85B68, #9FC85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4FBFA
Lighter +30%#CEEEEB
Lighter +20%#A7E2DB
Lighter +10%#81D5CB
Darker −10%#3CB4A5
Darker −20%#2F8E82
Darker −30%#23675F
Darker −40%#16413C
More saturated +25%#40E3D0
Less saturated −25%#76ADA6

Channel breakdown

R91
G200
B187
Red91 (35.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue172.84°
Saturation (HSL)49.77%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G C8 · B BB

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