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#5BD6FF

#5bd6ff ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5bd6ff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 83.92% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.31% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 100% saturation and 67.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.9.

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Relative luminance0.5754

Complementary

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #ff845b

Split complementary

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #ff5b84
  3. #ffd65b

Analogous

  1. #5bffd6
  2. #5bd6ff
  3. #5b84ff

Triadic

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #ff5bd6
  3. #d6ff5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #845bff
  3. #ff845b
  4. #d6ff5b

Square

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #d65bff
  3. #ff845b
  4. #84ff5b

Monochromatic

  1. #0091c1
  2. #0ec3ff
  3. #5bd6ff
  4. #a7e9ff
  5. #ebfaff

Shades

#5bd6ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #52c1e6
  3. #49abcc
  4. #4096b3
  5. #378099
  6. #2e6b80
  7. #245666
  8. #1b404d
  9. #122b33
  10. #09151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bd6ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #6bdaff
  3. #7cdeff
  4. #8ce2ff
  5. #9de6ff
  6. #adebff
  7. #bdefff
  8. #cef3ff
  9. #def7ff
  10. #effbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bd6ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bd6ff
  2. #5fcdf2
  3. #62c5e6
  4. #66bcd9
  5. #6ab4cc
  6. #6eabc0
  7. #71a2b3
  8. #759aa6
  9. #799199
  10. #7c898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7cee0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfd1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8c0ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3e3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0d3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fc9ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00deef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bd6ff {
  color: #5bd6ff;
}
Background
.bg-5bd6ff {
  background-color: #5bd6ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bd6ff {
  border: 2px solid #5bd6ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bd6ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 214 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bd6ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bd6ff, #5b84ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bd6ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 214 255 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.89 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.28 #a42900 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#5bd6ff  rgb(91, 214, 255)  hsl(195, 100%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#ff845b  rgb(255, 132, 91)  hsl(15, 100%, 68%)  Coral
#ff5bd6  rgb(255, 91, 214)  hsl(315, 100%, 68%)  Rose Pink
#d6ff5b  rgb(214, 255, 91)  hsl(75, 100%, 68%)  Electric Lime