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Recognised as Colour

#5EC2FC

  • #5EC2FC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#5EC2FC is a blue with RGB values 94, 194, 252 and HSL 202°, 96%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#5EC2FC#5EC2FC
HEX#5EC2FC
RGBrgb(94, 194, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.3686, 0.7608, 0.9882
RGB percentages36.9%, 76.1%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(202, 96.3%, 67.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(202, 62.7%, 98.8%)
CMYK62.7%, 23%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,210,300
CSS custom property--colour: #5EC2FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#A13D03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D1D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.9Light skyblue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.3Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Light blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FC985E
Analogous#5EFCE7, #5E73FC
Triadic#FC5EC2, #C2FC5E
Split complementary#FC5E73, #FCE75E
Tetradic#E75EFC, #FC985E, #73FC5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4FBFF
Lighter +20%#C2E8FE
Lighter +10%#90D5FD
Darker −10%#2CAFFB
Darker −20%#0499F0
Darker −30%#0479BD
Darker −40%#03598B
More saturated +25%#5BC3FF
Less saturated −25%#73BDE8

Channel breakdown

R94
G194
B252
Red94 (36.9%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue202.03°
Saturation (HSL)96.34%
Lightness67.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5E · G C2 · B FC

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