Colour

#5BE5FB

#5BE5FB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#5BE5FB is a cyan with RGB values 91, 229, 251 and HSL 188°, 95%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE5FB#5BE5FB

HEX#5BE5FB

RGBrgb(91, 229, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.898, 0.9843

RGB percentages35.7%, 89.8%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(188.2, 95.2%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 63.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK63.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,022,651

CSS custom property--colour: #5BE5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65228WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.05:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#A41A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2DDFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BACCFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#00EFECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Sky blue · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Aqua · ΔE 20.1 Cyan · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB715B

Analogous#5BFBC1, #5B95FB

Triadic#FB5BE5, #E5FB5B

Split complementary#FB5B95, #FBC15B

Tetradic#C15BFB, #FB715B, #95FB5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0FDFF

Lighter +20%#BFF5FD

Lighter +10%#8DEDFC

Darker −10%#29DDFA

Darker −20%#06CBEA

Darker −30%#05A0B8

Darker −40%#037587

More saturated +25%#57E8FF

Less saturated −25%#70D6E6

Channel breakdown

R91

G229

B251

Red91 (35.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue188.25°

Saturation (HSL)95.24%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G E5 · B FB

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