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Recognised as Colour

#5FD8F2

  • #5FD8F2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#5FD8F2 is a cyan with RGB values 95, 216, 242 and HSL 191°, 85%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#5FD8F2#5FD8F2
HEX#5FD8F2
RGBrgb(95, 216, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.3725, 0.8471, 0.949
RGB percentages37.3%, 84.7%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(190.6, 85%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.6, 60.7%, 94.9%)
CMYK60.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,281,458
CSS custom property--colour: #5FD8F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.59:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#A0270D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5D2F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC1F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.6Light blue · ΔE 19.4Powder blue · ΔE 20
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2795F
Analogous#5FF2C2, #5F8FF2
Triadic#F25FD8, #D8F25F
Split complementary#F25F8F, #F2C25F
Tetradic#C25FF2, #F2795F, #8FF25F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EDFAFD
Lighter +20%#BDEFFA
Lighter +10%#8EE3F6
Darker −10%#30CDEE
Darker −20%#12B6D9
Darker −30%#0E8FAA
Darker −40%#0A677B
More saturated +25%#52E0FF
Less saturated −25%#75CADC

Channel breakdown

R95
G216
B242
Red95 (37.3%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue190.61°
Saturation (HSL)84.97%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 5F · G D8 · B F2

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