Recognised as Colour

#5BE8B7

#5BE8B7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#5BE8B7 is a cyan with RGB values 91, 232, 183 and HSL 159°, 75%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#5BE8B7

RGBrgb(91, 232, 183)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.9098, 0.7176

RGB percentages35.7%, 91%, 71.8%

HSLhsl(159.1, 75.4%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(159.1, 60.8%, 91%)

CMYK60.8%, 0%, 21.1%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,023,351

CSS custom property--colour: #5BE8B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.67:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#A41748

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3D9B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFCBBAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.3 Turquoise · ΔE 17.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.8 Light green · ΔE 24.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E85B8C

Analogous#5BE871, #5BD3E8

Triadic#B75BE8, #E8B75B

Split complementary#E85BD2, #E8715B

Tetradic#715BE8, #E85B8C, #D2E85B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1FBF2

Lighter +20%#B4F5DE

Lighter +10%#88EECB

Darker −10%#2EE2A3

Darker −20%#1BC288

Darker −30%#159569

Darker −40%#0F6849

More saturated +25%#44FFBE

Less saturated −25%#72D1B0

Channel breakdown

R91

G232

B183

Red91 (35.7%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue183 (71.8%)

Hue159.15°

Saturation (HSL)75.4%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5B · G E8 · B B7

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