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Recognised as Colour

#5FC8E4

  • #5FC8E4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#5FC8E4 is a cyan with RGB values 95, 200, 228 and HSL 193°, 71%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#5FC8E4#5FC8E4
HEX#5FC8E4
RGBrgb(95, 200, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7843, 0.8941
RGB percentages37.3%, 78.4%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(192.6, 71.1%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 58.3%, 89.4%)
CMYK58.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,277,348
CSS custom property--colour: #5FC8E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.87:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#A0371B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6C3E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B4E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 18.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1Powder blue · ΔE 20.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E47B5F
Analogous#5FE4BE, #5F85E4
Triadic#E45FC8, #C8E45F
Split complementary#E45F85, #E4BE5F
Tetradic#BE5FE4, #E47B5F, #85E45F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F5FA
Lighter +20%#B6E6F3
Lighter +10%#8BD7EB
Darker −10%#33B9DD
Darker −20%#209CBD
Darker −30%#197891
Darker −40%#115466
More saturated +25%#48D6FB
Less saturated −25%#76BACD

Channel breakdown

R95
G200
B228
Red95 (37.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue192.63°
Saturation (HSL)71.12%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G C8 · B E4

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