Recognised as Colour

#5BE9DF

#5BE9DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#5BE9DF is a cyan with RGB values 91, 233, 223 and HSL 176°, 76%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#5BE9DF#5BE9DF

HEX#5BE9DF

RGBrgb(91, 233, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.9137, 0.8745

RGB percentages35.7%, 91.4%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(175.8, 76.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.8, 60.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK60.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,023,647

CSS custom property--colour: #5BE9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6583WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.17:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#A41620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DDDDDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7CDE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00EFE6no 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 text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Aqua · ΔE 12.6 Cyan · ΔE 12.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E95B65

Analogous#5BE998, #5BACE9

Triadic#DF5BE9, #E9DF5B

Split complementary#E95BAC, #E9985B

Tetradic#985BE9, #E95B65, #ACE95B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2FBF9

Lighter +20%#B5F5F1

Lighter +10%#88EFE8

Darker −10%#2EE3D6

Darker −20%#1AC4B8

Darker −30%#14978E

Darker −40%#0E6A63

More saturated +25%#45FFF2

Less saturated −25%#72D2CB

Channel breakdown

R91

G233

B223

Red91 (35.7%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue175.77°

Saturation (HSL)76.34%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 5B · G E9 · B DF

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