Recognised as Colour

#5BEAFB

#5BEAFB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#5BEAFB is a cyan with RGB values 91, 234, 251 and HSL 186°, 95%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#5BEAFB#5BEAFB

HEX#5BEAFB

RGBrgb(91, 234, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.3569, 0.9176, 0.9843

RGB percentages35.7%, 91.8%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(186.4, 95.2%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.4, 63.7%, 98.4%)

CMYK63.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,023,931

CSS custom property--colour: #5BEAFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68035WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.61:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#A41504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8E1FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0D0FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Tritanopia#00F3EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Aqua · ΔE 16.8 Cyan · ΔE 16.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 19.3 Sky blue · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FB6C5B

Analogous#5BFBBC, #5B9AFB

Triadic#FB5BEA, #EAFB5B

Split complementary#FB5B9A, #FBBC5B

Tetradic#BC5BFB, #FB6C5B, #9AFB5B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0FDFF

Lighter +20%#BFF7FD

Lighter +10%#8DF0FC

Darker −10%#29E4FA

Darker −20%#06D2EA

Darker −30%#05A5B8

Darker −40%#037987

More saturated +25%#57EDFF

Less saturated −25%#70D9E6

Channel breakdown

R91

G234

B251

Red91 (35.7%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue186.38°

Saturation (HSL)95.24%

Lightness67.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5B · G EA · B FB

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