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#5BBAE3

#5bbae3 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bbae3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 72.94% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.91% cyan, 18.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 198.09°, with 70.83% saturation and 62.35% 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 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.81.

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Relative luminance0.4289

Complementary

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #e3845b

Split complementary

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #e35b76
  3. #e3c85b

Analogous

  1. #5be3c8
  2. #5bbae3
  3. #5b76e3

Triadic

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #e35bba
  3. #bae35b

Tetradic

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #845be3
  3. #e3845b
  4. #bae35b

Square

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #c85be3
  3. #e3845b
  4. #76e35b

Monochromatic

  1. #186a8d
  2. #239bce
  3. #5bbae3
  4. #9cd5ee
  5. #def1f9

Shades

#5bbae3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #52a7cc
  3. #4995b6
  4. #40829f
  5. #377088
  6. #2e5d72
  7. #244a5b
  8. #1b3844
  9. #12252d
  10. #091317
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bbae3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #6bc1e6
  3. #7cc8e9
  4. #8ccfeb
  5. #9dd6ee
  6. #adddf1
  7. #bde3f4
  8. #ceeaf7
  9. #def1f9
  10. #eff8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bbae3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bbae3
  2. #5fb4d9
  3. #62aecf
  4. #66a9c5
  5. #6aa3bb
  6. #6e9db2
  7. #7197a8
  8. #75919e
  9. #798c94
  10. #7c868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95b4c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b7e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92a9e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db8e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fb0e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #22c1d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bbae3 {
  color: #5bbae3;
}
Background
.bg-5bbae3 {
  background-color: #5bbae3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bbae3 {
  border: 2px solid #5bbae3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bbae3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 186 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 71% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bbae3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bbae3, #5b76e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bbae3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 186 227 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.11 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.52 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.57 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.57 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.10 #a4451c Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#5bbae3  rgb(91, 186, 227)  hsl(198, 71%, 62%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e3845b  rgb(227, 132, 91)  hsl(18, 71%, 62%)  Burnt Sienna
#e35bba  rgb(227, 91, 186)  hsl(318, 71%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#bae35b  rgb(186, 227, 91)  hsl(78, 71%, 62%)  June Bud