Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#5CD8EB

  • #5CD8EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#5CD8EB is a cyan with RGB values 92, 216, 235 and HSL 188°, 78%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#5CD8EB#5CD8EB
HEX#5CD8EB
RGBrgb(92, 216, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.3608, 0.8471, 0.9216
RGB percentages36.1%, 84.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(188, 78.1%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188, 60.9%, 92.2%)
CMYK60.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,084,843
CSS custom property--colour: #5CD8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#A32714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D1ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C1EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.8Powder blue · ΔE 19.6Light blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB6F5C
Analogous#5CEBB6, #5C91EB
Triadic#EB5CD8, #D8EB5C
Split complementary#EB5C91, #EBB65C
Tetradic#B65CEB, #EB6F5C, #91EB5C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E4F9FC
Lighter +20%#B7EEF6
Lighter +10%#89E3F1
Darker −10%#2FCDE5
Darker −20%#19B1C8
Darker −30%#13899B
Darker −40%#0D616E
More saturated +25%#48E7FF
Less saturated −25%#73C7D4

Channel breakdown

R92
G216
B235
Red92 (36.1%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue187.97°
Saturation (HSL)78.14%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5C · G D8 · B EB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “5cd8eb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.