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#5AE3EC

#5ae3ec ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5ae3ec is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 89.02% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.86% cyan, 3.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 183.7°, with 79.35% saturation and 63.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.15.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.6317

Complementary

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #ec635a

Split complementary

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #ec5a9a
  3. #ecac5a

Analogous

  1. #5aecac
  2. #5ae3ec
  3. #5a9aec

Triadic

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #ec5ae3
  3. #e3ec5a

Tetradic

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #635aec
  3. #ec635a
  4. #e3ec5a

Square

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #ac5aec
  3. #ec635a
  4. #9aec5a

Monochromatic

  1. #12939b
  2. #1ad4e0
  3. #5ae3ec
  4. #9feff4
  5. #e3fafc

Shades

#5ae3ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #51ccd4
  3. #48b6bd
  4. #3f9fa5
  5. #36888e
  6. #2d7276
  7. #245b5e
  8. #1b4447
  9. #122d2f
  10. #091718
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ae3ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #6be6ee
  3. #7be9f0
  4. #8cebf2
  5. #9ceef4
  6. #adf1f6
  7. #bdf4f7
  8. #cef7f9
  9. #def9fb
  10. #effcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ae3ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ae3ec
  2. #5ed9e1
  3. #62cfd6
  4. #65c5cc
  5. #69bbc1
  6. #6db2b6
  7. #71a8ab
  8. #759ea0
  9. #789496
  10. #7c8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #add8dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3daed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdc9ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebe5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0ddec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fd4ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ae3ec {
  color: #5ae3ec;
}
Background
.bg-5ae3ec {
  background-color: #5ae3ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ae3ec {
  border: 2px solid #5ae3ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ae3ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 227 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 79% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ae3ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ae3ec, #5a9aec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ae3ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 227 236 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.15 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.47 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.73 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.37 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.41 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.41 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.50 #a51c13 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#5ae3ec  rgb(90, 227, 236)  hsl(184, 79%, 64%)  Electric Blue
#ec635a  rgb(236, 99, 90)  hsl(4, 79%, 64%)  Pastel Red
#ec5ae3  rgb(236, 90, 227)  hsl(304, 79%, 64%)  Orchid
#e3ec5a  rgb(227, 236, 90)  hsl(64, 79%, 64%)  Pear