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#5BCDE7

#5bcde7 ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bcde7 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 80.39% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.61% cyan, 11.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 191.14°, with 74.47% saturation and 63.14% 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 11.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.52.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5166

Complementary

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #e7755b

Split complementary

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #e75b87
  3. #e7bb5b

Analogous

  1. #5be7bb
  2. #5bcde7
  3. #5b87e7

Triadic

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #e75bcd
  3. #cde75b

Tetradic

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #755be7
  3. #e7755b
  4. #cde75b

Square

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #bb5be7
  3. #e7755b
  4. #87e75b

Monochromatic

  1. #167c93
  2. #1fb4d6
  3. #5bcde7
  4. #9ee1f1
  5. #e0f6fb

Shades

#5bcde7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #52b9d0
  3. #49a4b9
  4. #4090a2
  5. #377b8b
  6. #2e6774
  7. #24525c
  8. #1b3e45
  9. #12292e
  10. #091517
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bcde7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #6bd2e9
  3. #7cd7ec
  4. #8cdcee
  5. #9de1f1
  6. #ade6f3
  7. #bdebf5
  8. #cef0f8
  9. #def5fa
  10. #effafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bcde7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bcde7
  2. #5fc5dd
  3. #62bed2
  4. #66b6c8
  5. #6aaebe
  6. #6ea7b4
  7. #719fa9
  8. #75979f
  9. #798f95
  10. #7c888a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0c4d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc7e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6b8e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d7d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dc9e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ec1e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #14d3dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bcde7 {
  color: #5bcde7;
}
Background
.bg-5bcde7 {
  background-color: #5bcde7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bcde7 {
  border: 2px solid #5bcde7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bcde7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 205 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 74% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bcde7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bcde7, #5b87e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bcde7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 205 231 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.52 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.58 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.30 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.04 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.80 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.01 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.16 #a43218 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#5bcde7  rgb(91, 205, 231)  hsl(191, 74%, 63%)  Sky Blue
#e7755b  rgb(231, 117, 91)  hsl(11, 74%, 63%)  Terra Cotta
#e75bcd  rgb(231, 91, 205)  hsl(311, 74%, 63%)  Orchid
#cde75b  rgb(205, 231, 91)  hsl(71, 74%, 63%)  June Bud