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Recognised as Colour

#5BE4DB

  • #5BE4DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5BE4DB is a cyan with RGB values 91, 228, 219 and HSL 176°, 72%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE4DB#5BE4DB
HEX#5BE4DB
RGBrgb(91, 228, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.8941, 0.8588
RGB percentages35.7%, 89.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(176.1, 71.7%, 62.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 60.1%, 89.4%)
CMYK60.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,022,363
CSS custom property--colour: #5BE4DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#A41B24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D9DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C9DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.6Aqua · ΔE 14.1Cyan · ΔE 14.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E45B64
Analogous#5BE496, #5BA9E4
Triadic#DB5BE4, #E4DB5B
Split complementary#E45BA9, #E4965B
Tetradic#965BE4, #E45B64, #A9E45B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEFAF8
Lighter +20%#B3F2EE
Lighter +10%#87EBE5
Darker −10%#2FDDD1
Darker −20%#1FBAB0
Darker −30%#178F87
Darker −40%#10635D
More saturated +25%#43FCF0
Less saturated −25%#73CCC6

Channel breakdown

R91
G228
B219
Red91 (35.7%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue176.06°
Saturation (HSL)71.73%
Lightness62.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G E4 · B DB

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