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#5BCBB3

#5bcbb3 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5bcbb3 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 79.61% green and 70.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.17% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.82% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 167.14°, with 51.85% saturation and 57.65% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4819

Complementary

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #cb5b73

Split complementary

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #cb5bab
  3. #cb7b5b

Analogous

  1. #5bcb7b
  2. #5bcbb3
  3. #5babcb

Triadic

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #b35bcb
  3. #cbb35b

Tetradic

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #5b73cb
  3. #cb5b73
  4. #cbb35b

Square

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #7b5bcb
  3. #cb5b73
  4. #abcb5b

Monochromatic

  1. #226b5b
  2. #34a58d
  3. #5bcbb3
  4. #95ddce
  5. #cff0e9

Shades

#5bcbb3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #52b7a1
  3. #49a28f
  4. #408e7d
  5. #377a6b
  6. #2e665a
  7. #245148
  8. #1b3d36
  9. #122924
  10. #091412
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bcbb3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #6bd0bb
  3. #7cd5c2
  4. #8cdbca
  5. #9de0d1
  6. #ade5d9
  7. #bdeae1
  8. #ceefe8
  9. #def5f0
  10. #effaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bcbb3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bcbb3
  2. #5fc4ae
  3. #62bca9
  4. #66b5a4
  5. #6aad9f
  6. #6ea69a
  7. #719e94
  8. #75978f
  9. #798f8a
  10. #7c8885
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cc0b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4c0b2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3b3b5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0fcec4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4c4b2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97bdb4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3ccdbd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bcbb3 {
  color: #5bcbb3;
}
Background
.bg-5bcbb3 {
  background-color: #5bcbb3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bcbb3 {
  border: 2px solid #5bcbb3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bcbb3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 203 179;
  --color-primary-hsl: 167 52% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bcbb3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bcbb3, #5babcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bcbb3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 203 179 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.66 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.35 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.05 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.69 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.53 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.96 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.98 #a4344c Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#5bcbb3  rgb(91, 203, 179)  hsl(167, 52%, 58%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cb5b73  rgb(203, 91, 115)  hsl(347, 52%, 58%)  Blush
#b35bcb  rgb(179, 91, 203)  hsl(287, 52%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#cbb35b  rgb(203, 179, 91)  hsl(47, 52%, 58%)  Vegas Gold