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#5BC8DB

#5bc8db ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bc8db is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 78.43% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.45% cyan, 8.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 188.91°, with 64% saturation and 60.78% 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 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.14.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4865

Complementary

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #db6e5b

Split complementary

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #db5b88
  3. #dbae5b

Analogous

  1. #5bdbae
  2. #5bc8db
  3. #5b88db

Triadic

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #db5bc8
  3. #c8db5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #6e5bdb
  3. #db6e5b
  4. #c8db5b

Square

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #ae5bdb
  3. #db6e5b
  4. #88db5b

Monochromatic

  1. #1c7281
  2. #2aa9bf
  3. #5bc8db
  4. #9adde9
  5. #d8f2f7

Shades

#5bc8db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #52b4c5
  3. #49a0af
  4. #408c99
  5. #377883
  6. #2e646e
  7. #245058
  8. #1b3c42
  9. #12282c
  10. #091416
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bc8db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #6bcedf
  3. #7cd3e2
  4. #8cd9e6
  5. #9ddee9
  6. #ade4ed
  7. #bde9f1
  8. #ceeff4
  9. #def4f8
  10. #effafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bc8db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bc8db
  2. #5fc1d2
  3. #62bac9
  4. #66b2c0
  5. #6aabb7
  6. #6ea4ae
  7. #719da4
  8. #75969b
  9. #798e92
  10. #7c8789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cbfc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8c2dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b3db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc4dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dbcdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #25cdd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bc8db {
  color: #5bc8db;
}
Background
.bg-5bc8db {
  background-color: #5bc8db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bc8db {
  border: 2px solid #5bc8db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bc8db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 200 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 64% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bc8db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bc8db, #5b88db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bc8db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 200 219 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.14 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.91 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.36 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.76 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.15 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.51 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.70 #a43724 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#5bc8db  rgb(91, 200, 219)  hsl(189, 64%, 61%)  Sky Blue
#db6e5b  rgb(219, 110, 91)  hsl(9, 64%, 61%)  Terra Cotta
#db5bc8  rgb(219, 91, 200)  hsl(309, 64%, 61%)  Orchid
#c8db5b  rgb(200, 219, 91)  hsl(69, 64%, 61%)  June Bud