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Colour

#5BE8CB

  • #5BE8CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5BE8CB is a cyan with RGB values 91, 232, 203 and HSL 168°, 75%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE8CB#5BE8CB
HEX#5BE8CB
RGBrgb(91, 232, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.9098, 0.7961
RGB percentages35.7%, 91%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(167.7, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.7, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK60.8%, 0%, 12.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,023,371
CSS custom property--colour: #5BE8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64249WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.85:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#A41734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DBCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBCBCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.4Aquamarine · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.2Aqua · ΔE 18.6Cyan · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.45, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E85B78
Analogous#5BE885, #5BBEE8
Triadic#CB5BE8, #E8CB5B
Split complementary#E85BBE, #E8845B
Tetradic#855BE8, #E85B78, #BFE85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FBF6
Lighter +20%#B4F5E7
Lighter +10%#88EED9
Darker −10%#2EE2BD
Darker −20%#1BC2A0
Darker −30%#15957B
Darker −40%#0F6856
More saturated +25%#44FFD9
Less saturated −25%#72D1BD

Channel breakdown

R91
G232
B203
Red91 (35.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue167.66°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G E8 · B CB

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