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#5BBFE6

#5bbfe6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bbfe6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 74.9% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.43% cyan, 16.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 196.83°, 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 10.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.23.

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Relative luminance0.452

Complementary

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #e6825b

Split complementary

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #e65b7a
  3. #e6c75b

Analogous

  1. #5be6c7
  2. #5bbfe6
  3. #5b7ae6

Triadic

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #e65bbf
  3. #bfe65b

Tetradic

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #825be6
  3. #e6825b
  4. #bfe65b

Square

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #c75be6
  3. #e6825b
  4. #7ae65b

Monochromatic

  1. #166f92
  2. #20a2d4
  3. #5bbfe6
  4. #9dd9f0
  5. #e0f3fa

Shades

#5bbfe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #52accf
  3. #4999b8
  4. #4086a1
  5. #37738a
  6. #2e6073
  7. #244c5c
  8. #1b3945
  9. #12262e
  10. #091317
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bbfe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #6bc5e9
  3. #7ccceb
  4. #8cd2ee
  5. #9dd9f0
  6. #addff3
  7. #bde5f5
  8. #ceecf8
  9. #def2fa
  10. #eff9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bbfe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bbfe6
  2. #5fb9dc
  3. #62b2d2
  4. #66acc7
  5. #6aa6bd
  6. #6ea0b3
  7. #7199a9
  8. #75939f
  9. #798d94
  10. #7c868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98b8ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aabce8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96ade6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91bde7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83b4e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1cc6d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bbfe6 {
  color: #5bbfe6;
}
Background
.bg-5bbfe6 {
  background-color: #5bbfe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bbfe6 {
  border: 2px solid #5bbfe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bbfe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 191 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 74% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bbfe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bbfe6, #5b7ae6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bbfe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 191 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.23 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.51 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.68 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.43 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.52 #a44019 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#5bbfe6  rgb(91, 191, 230)  hsl(197, 74%, 63%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e6825b  rgb(230, 130, 91)  hsl(17, 74%, 63%)  Burnt Sienna
#e65bbf  rgb(230, 91, 191)  hsl(317, 74%, 63%)  Rose Pink
#bfe65b  rgb(191, 230, 91)  hsl(77, 74%, 63%)  June Bud