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#5BD6DF

#5bd6df ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bd6df is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 83.92% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.19% cyan, 4.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 184.09°, with 67.35% saturation and 61.57% 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 12.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5564

Complementary

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #df645b

Split complementary

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #df5b94
  3. #dfa65b

Analogous

  1. #5bdfa6
  2. #5bd6df
  3. #5b94df

Triadic

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #df5bd6
  3. #d6df5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #645bdf
  3. #df645b
  4. #d6df5b

Square

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #a65bdf
  3. #df645b
  4. #94df5b

Monochromatic

  1. #1a7f87
  2. #27bcc7
  3. #5bd6df
  4. #9be6eb
  5. #dbf6f8

Shades

#5bd6df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #52c1c9
  3. #49abb2
  4. #40969c
  5. #378086
  6. #2e6b70
  7. #245659
  8. #1b4043
  9. #122b2d
  10. #091516
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bd6df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #6bdae2
  3. #7cdee5
  4. #8ce2e9
  5. #9de6ec
  6. #adebef
  7. #bdeff2
  8. #cef3f5
  9. #def7f9
  10. #effbfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bd6df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bd6df
  2. #5fcdd6
  3. #62c5cc
  4. #66bcc3
  5. #6ab4b9
  6. #6eabb0
  7. #71a2a6
  8. #759a9d
  9. #799193
  10. #7c898a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5ccd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7cee0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3bee0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ddd8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7d1df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97c8df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1adbdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bd6df {
  color: #5bd6df;
}
Background
.bg-5bd6df {
  background-color: #5bd6df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bd6df {
  border: 2px solid #5bd6df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bd6df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 214 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 67% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bd6df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bd6df, #5b94df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bd6df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 214 223 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.86 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.58 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.79 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.93 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.65 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.34 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 9.75 #a42920 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#5bd6df  rgb(91, 214, 223)  hsl(184, 67%, 62%)  Dark Turquoise
#df645b  rgb(223, 100, 91)  hsl(4, 67%, 62%)  Terra Cotta
#df5bd6  rgb(223, 91, 214)  hsl(304, 67%, 62%)  Orchid
#d6df5b  rgb(214, 223, 91)  hsl(64, 67%, 62%)  Pear