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Recognised as Colour

#5BE2E8

  • #5BE2E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#5BE2E8 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 226, 232 and HSL 183°, 75%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE2E8#5BE2E8
HEX#5BE2E8
RGBrgb(91, 226, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.8863, 0.9098
RGB percentages35.7%, 88.6%, 91%
HSLhsl(182.6, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK60.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,021,864
CSS custom property--colour: #5BE2E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62443WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.49:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#A41D17

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D8E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC8E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.6Turquoise · ΔE 13.8Aqua · ΔE 15.7Cyan · ΔE 15.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 8.81, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8615B
Analogous#5BE8A8, #5B9BE8
Triadic#E85BE2, #E2E85B
Split complementary#E85B9B, #E8A85B
Tetradic#A85BE8, #E8615B, #9BE85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FAFB
Lighter +20%#B4F2F5
Lighter +10%#88EAEE
Darker −10%#2EDAE2
Darker −20%#1BBBC2
Darker −30%#159095
Darker −40%#0F6568
More saturated +25%#44F7FF
Less saturated −25%#72CDD1

Channel breakdown

R91
G226
B232
Red91 (35.7%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue182.55°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5B · G E2 · B E8

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