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Recognised as Colour

#5FC8FE

  • #5FC8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#5FC8FE is a blue with RGB values 95, 200, 254 and HSL 200°, 99%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#5FC8FE#5FC8FE
HEX#5FC8FE
RGBrgb(95, 200, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7843, 0.9961
RGB percentages37.3%, 78.4%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(200.4, 98.8%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.4, 62.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK62.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,277,374
CSS custom property--colour: #5FC8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50897WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#A03701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B6FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 24.4Light blue · ΔE 25.4Steel blue · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE955F
Analogous#5FFEE5, #5F78FE
Triadic#FE5FC8, #C8FE5F
Split complementary#FE5F78, #FEE55F
Tetradic#E55FFE, #FE955F, #78FE5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FCFF
Lighter +20%#C4EBFF
Lighter +10%#92D9FE
Darker −10%#2CB7FE
Darker −20%#02A3F5
Darker −30%#0181C3
Darker −40%#015F90
More saturated +25%#5EC8FF
Less saturated −25%#73C2EA

Channel breakdown

R95
G200
B254
Red95 (37.3%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue200.38°
Saturation (HSL)98.76%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G C8 · B FE

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