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#5BB7EA

#5bb7ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bb7ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 71.76% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.11% cyan, 21.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 201.4°, with 77.3% saturation and 63.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.14.

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Relative luminance0.4203

Complementary

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #ea8e5b

Split complementary

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #ea5b70
  3. #ead65b

Analogous

  1. #5bead6
  2. #5bb7ea
  3. #5b70ea

Triadic

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #ea5bb7
  3. #b7ea5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #8e5bea
  3. #ea8e5b
  4. #b7ea5b

Square

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #d65bea
  3. #ea8e5b
  4. #70ea5b

Monochromatic

  1. #146998
  2. #1c98dc
  3. #5bb7ea
  4. #9fd5f3
  5. #e3f3fb

Shades

#5bb7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #52a5d3
  3. #4992bb
  4. #4080a4
  5. #376e8c
  6. #2e5c75
  7. #24495e
  8. #1b3746
  9. #12252f
  10. #091217
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bb7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #6bbeec
  3. #7cc5ee
  4. #8ccdf0
  5. #9dd4f2
  6. #addbf5
  7. #bde2f7
  8. #cee9f9
  9. #def1fb
  10. #eff8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bb7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bb7ea
  2. #5fb2df
  3. #62acd5
  4. #66a7ca
  5. #6aa1c0
  6. #6e9cb5
  7. #7196aa
  8. #7591a0
  9. #798b95
  10. #7c868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94b1c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fb6ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ba7e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89b6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7baeea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1abfd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bb7ea {
  color: #5bb7ea;
}
Background
.bg-5bb7ea {
  background-color: #5bb7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bb7ea {
  border: 2px solid #5bb7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bb7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 183 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 77% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bb7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bb7ea, #5b70ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bb7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 183 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.77 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.40 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.83 #a44815 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#5bb7ea  rgb(91, 183, 234)  hsl(201, 77%, 64%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea8e5b  rgb(234, 142, 91)  hsl(21, 77%, 64%)  Raw Sienna
#ea5bb7  rgb(234, 91, 183)  hsl(321, 77%, 64%)  Rose Pink
#b7ea5b  rgb(183, 234, 91)  hsl(81, 77%, 64%)  Inchworm