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#5BBBE6

#5bbbe6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bbbe6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 73.33% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.43% cyan, 18.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 198.56°, with 73.54% saturation and 62.94% 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 9.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.36.

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Relative luminance0.4348

Complementary

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #e6865b

Split complementary

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #e65b76
  3. #e6cb5b

Analogous

  1. #5be6cb
  2. #5bbbe6
  3. #5b76e6

Triadic

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #e65bbb
  3. #bbe65b

Tetradic

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #865be6
  3. #e6865b
  4. #bbe65b

Square

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #cb5be6
  3. #e6865b
  4. #76e65b

Monochromatic

  1. #166c92
  2. #209dd4
  3. #5bbbe6
  4. #9dd7f0
  5. #e0f2fa

Shades

#5bbbe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #52a8cf
  3. #4996b8
  4. #4083a1
  5. #37708a
  6. #2e5e73
  7. #244b5c
  8. #1b3845
  9. #12252e
  10. #091317
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bbbe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #6bc2e9
  3. #7cc9eb
  4. #8ccfee
  5. #9dd6f0
  6. #adddf3
  7. #bde4f5
  8. #ceebf8
  9. #def1fa
  10. #eff8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bbbe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bbbe6
  2. #5fb5dc
  3. #62afd2
  4. #66a9c7
  5. #6aa3bd
  6. #6e9eb3
  7. #7198a9
  8. #75929f
  9. #798c94
  10. #7c868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95b5c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b8e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92aae5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db9e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fb1e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1ec2d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bbbe6 {
  color: #5bbbe6;
}
Background
.bg-5bbbe6 {
  background-color: #5bbbe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bbbe6 {
  border: 2px solid #5bbbe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bbbe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 187 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 74% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bbbe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bbbe6, #5b76e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bbbe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 187 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.59 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.43 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.43 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.55 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.09 #a44419 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#5bbbe6  rgb(91, 187, 230)  hsl(199, 74%, 63%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e6865b  rgb(230, 134, 91)  hsl(19, 74%, 63%)  Coral
#e65bbb  rgb(230, 91, 187)  hsl(319, 74%, 63%)  Rose Pink
#bbe65b  rgb(187, 230, 91)  hsl(79, 74%, 63%)  Inchworm