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#5BC3BF

#5bc3bf ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5bc3bf is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 76.47% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.05% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 177.69°, with 46.43% saturation and 56.08% 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 10:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.87.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4502

Complementary

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #c35b5f

Split complementary

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #c35b93
  3. #c38b5b

Analogous

  1. #5bc38b
  2. #5bc3bf
  3. #5b93c3

Triadic

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #bf5bc3
  3. #c3bf5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #5b5fc3
  3. #c35b5f
  4. #c3bf5b

Square

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #8b5bc3
  3. #c35b5f
  4. #93c35b

Monochromatic

  1. #24615f
  2. #389996
  3. #5bc3bf
  4. #93d7d5
  5. #cbeceb

Shades

#5bc3bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #52b0ac
  3. #499c99
  4. #408986
  5. #377573
  6. #2e6260
  7. #244e4c
  8. #1b3b39
  9. #122726
  10. #091413
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bc3bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #6bc9c5
  3. #7ccfcc
  4. #8cd5d2
  5. #9ddbd9
  6. #ade1df
  7. #bde7e5
  8. #ceedec
  9. #def3f2
  10. #eff9f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bc3bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bc3bf
  2. #5fbcb9
  3. #62b6b2
  4. #66afac
  5. #6aa8a6
  6. #6ea2a0
  7. #719b99
  8. #759493
  9. #798d8d
  10. #7c8786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98bab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9babf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8aec0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9cbebf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fb7c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #38c6c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bc3bf {
  color: #5bc3bf;
}
Background
.bg-5bc3bf {
  background-color: #5bc3bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bc3bf {
  border: 2px solid #5bc3bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bc3bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 195 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 46% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bc3bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bc3bf, #5b93c3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bc3bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 195 191 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.87 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.39 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.71 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.71 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.90 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 6.23 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.25 #a43c40 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#5bc3bf  rgb(91, 195, 191)  hsl(178, 46%, 56%)  Medium Turquoise
#c35b5f  rgb(195, 91, 95)  hsl(358, 46%, 56%)  Indian Red
#bf5bc3  rgb(191, 91, 195)  hsl(298, 46%, 56%)  Medium Orchid
#c3bf5b  rgb(195, 191, 91)  hsl(58, 46%, 56%)  Dark Khaki