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Recognised as Colour

#5FBCDE

  • #5FBCDE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#5FBCDE is a cyan with RGB values 95, 188, 222 and HSL 196°, 66%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#5FBCDE#5FBCDE
HEX#5FBCDE
RGBrgb(95, 188, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7373, 0.8706
RGB percentages37.3%, 73.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(196.1, 65.8%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 57.2%, 87.1%)
CMYK57.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,274,270
CSS custom property--colour: #5FBCDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#A04321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#97ABDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.9Light skyblue · ΔE 11Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.2Light blue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Cadetblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE815F
Analogous#5FDEC1, #5F7DDE
Triadic#DE5FBC, #BCDE5F
Split complementary#DE5F7D, #DEC15F
Tetradic#C05FDE, #DE815F, #7DDE5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEF1F8
Lighter +20%#B4DFEF
Lighter +10%#89CEE7
Darker −10%#35AAD5
Darker −20%#258CB2
Darker −30%#1C6B88
Darker −40%#134A5E
More saturated +25%#47C7F6
Less saturated −25%#77B1C6

Channel breakdown

R95
G188
B222
Red95 (37.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue196.06°
Saturation (HSL)65.8%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G BC · B DE

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