Recognised as Colour

#5FCBEC

#5FCBEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#5FCBEC is a cyan with RGB values 95, 203, 236 and HSL 194°, 79%, 65%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#5FCBEC#5FCBEC

HEX#5FCBEC

RGBrgb(95, 203, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.7961, 0.9255

RGB percentages37.3%, 79.6%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(194, 78.8%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194, 59.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK59.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,278,124

CSS custom property--colour: #5FCBEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51201WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#A03413

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7C6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3B7ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#00D6D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.4 Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5 Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.9 Light blue · ΔE 19.1 Powder blue · ΔE 21.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EC805F

Analogous#5FECC6, #5F85EC

Triadic#EC5FCB, #CBEC5F

Split complementary#EC5F85, #ECC75F

Tetradic#C65FEC, #EC805F, #84EC5F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E8F7FC

Lighter +20%#BAE9F7

Lighter +10%#8DDAF1

Darker −10%#31BCE7

Darker −20%#18A2CD

Darker −30%#137E9F

Darker −40%#0D5A72

More saturated +25%#4CD5FF

Less saturated −25%#75BFD6

Channel breakdown

R95

G203

B236

Red95 (37.3%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue194.04°

Saturation (HSL)78.77%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 5F · G CB · B EC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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