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Recognised as Colour

#5BC8FF

  • #5BC8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#5BC8FF is a blue with RGB values 91, 200, 255 and HSL 200°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#5BC8FF#5BC8FF
HEX#5BC8FF
RGBrgb(91, 200, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.7843, 1
RGB percentages35.7%, 78.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(200.1, 100%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.1, 64.3%, 100%)
CMYK64.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,015,231
CSS custom property--colour: #5BC8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#A43700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B6FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.9Light skyblue · ΔE 9.3Sky blue · ΔE 15.2Light steelblue · ΔE 25.2Light blue · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF925B
Analogous#5BFFE4, #5B76FF
Triadic#FF5BC8, #C8FF5B
Split complementary#FF5B76, #FFE45B
Tetradic#E45BFF, #FF925B, #76FF5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FBFF
Lighter +20%#C1EAFF
Lighter +10%#8ED9FF
Darker −10%#28B7FF
Darker −20%#00A2F4
Darker −30%#0080C1
Darker −40%#005E8E
More saturated +25%#5BC8FF
Less saturated −25%#70C1EB

Channel breakdown

R91
G200
B255
Red91 (35.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue200.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G C8 · B FF

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