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Recognised as Colour

#5BE8CD

  • #5BE8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#5BE8CD is a cyan with RGB values 91, 232, 205 and HSL 169°, 75%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE8CD#5BE8CD
HEX#5BE8CD
RGBrgb(91, 232, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.9098, 0.8039
RGB percentages35.7%, 91%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(168.5, 75.4%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.5, 60.8%, 91%)
CMYK60.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,023,373
CSS custom property--colour: #5BE8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.87:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#A41732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDBCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACCCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.5Aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.3Aqua · ΔE 17.8Cyan · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E85B76
Analogous#5BE887, #5BBCE8
Triadic#CD5BE8, #E8CD5B
Split complementary#E85BBC, #E8865B
Tetradic#875BE8, #E85B76, #BDE85B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FBF6
Lighter +20%#B4F5E8
Lighter +10%#88EEDB
Darker −10%#2EE2BF
Darker −20%#1BC2A2
Darker −30%#15957D
Darker −40%#0F6857
More saturated +25%#44FFDB
Less saturated −25%#72D1BF

Channel breakdown

R91
G232
B205
Red91 (35.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue168.51°
Saturation (HSL)75.4%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 5B · G E8 · B CD

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