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#5BD8BF

#5bd8bf ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5bd8bf is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 84.71% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.87% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.57% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 168°, with 61.58% saturation and 60.2% 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 12.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 4.11.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.551

Complementary

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #d85b74

Split complementary

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #d85bb3
  3. #d8815b

Analogous

  1. #5bd881
  2. #5bd8bf
  3. #5bb3d8

Triadic

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #bf5bd8
  3. #d8bf5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #5b74d8
  3. #d85b74
  4. #d8bf5b

Square

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #815bd8
  3. #d85b74
  4. #b3d85b

Monochromatic

  1. #1e7c69
  2. #2cba9e
  3. #5bd8bf
  4. #99e7d7
  5. #d7f5ef

Shades

#5bd8bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #52c2ac
  3. #49ad99
  4. #409786
  5. #378273
  6. #2e6c60
  7. #24564c
  8. #1b4139
  9. #122b26
  10. #091613
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bd8bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #6bdcc5
  3. #7ce0cc
  4. #8ce4d2
  5. #9de8d9
  6. #adecdf
  7. #bdefe5
  8. #cef3ec
  9. #def7f2
  10. #effbf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bd8bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bd8bf
  2. #5fcfb9
  3. #62c6b2
  4. #66beac
  5. #6ab5a6
  6. #6eaca0
  7. #71a399
  8. #759a93
  9. #79928d
  10. #7c8986
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4ccc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ccbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdbec1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbd0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aed1be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fc9c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #33daca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bd8bf {
  color: #5bd8bf;
}
Background
.bg-5bd8bf {
  background-color: #5bd8bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bd8bf {
  border: 2px solid #5bd8bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bd8bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 216 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 62% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bd8bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bd8bf, #5bb3d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bd8bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 216 191 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.11 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.73 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.96 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.09 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.34 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.72 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.28 #a42740 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#5bd8bf  rgb(91, 216, 191)  hsl(168, 62%, 60%)  Turquoise
#d85b74  rgb(216, 91, 116)  hsl(348, 62%, 60%)  Blush
#bf5bd8  rgb(191, 91, 216)  hsl(288, 62%, 60%)  Medium Orchid
#d8bf5b  rgb(216, 191, 91)  hsl(48, 62%, 60%)  Old Gold