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Recognised as Colour

#5CC9F1

  • #5CC9F1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#5CC9F1 is a cyan with RGB values 92, 201, 241 and HSL 196°, 84%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#5CC9F1#5CC9F1
HEX#5CC9F1
RGBrgb(92, 201, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.7882, 0.9451
RGB percentages36.1%, 78.8%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(196.1, 84.2%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 61.8%, 94.5%)
CMYK61.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,081,009
CSS custom property--colour: #5CC9F1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50399WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#A3360E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C5F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EB5F1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original
Tritanopia#00D5D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.1Light blue · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 23Powder blue · ΔE 23.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1845C
Analogous#5CF1CF, #5C7EF1
Triadic#F15CC9, #C9F15C
Split complementary#F15C7E, #F1CF5C
Tetradic#CF5CF1, #F1845C, #7EF15C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E9F8FD
Lighter +20%#BAE8F9
Lighter +10%#8BD9F5
Darker −10%#2DB9ED
Darker −20%#12A1D5
Darker −30%#0E7DA6
Darker −40%#0A5A77
More saturated +25%#4ECFFF
Less saturated −25%#72BFDB

Channel breakdown

R92
G201
B241
Red92 (36.1%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue196.11°
Saturation (HSL)84.18%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G C9 · B F1

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