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#5BE5BF

#5be5bf ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#5be5bf is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 89.8% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.26% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.59% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 163.48°, with 72.63% saturation and 62.75% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 13.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.85.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.6202

Complementary

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #e55b81

Split complementary

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #e55bc6
  3. #e57a5b

Analogous

  1. #5be57a
  2. #5be5bf
  3. #5bc6e5

Triadic

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #bf5be5
  3. #e5bf5b

Tetradic

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #5b81e5
  3. #e55b81
  4. #e5bf5b

Square

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #7a5be5
  3. #e55b81
  4. #c6e55b

Monochromatic

  1. #17906f
  2. #21d2a1
  3. #5be5bf
  4. #9defd9
  5. #dffaf3

Shades

#5be5bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #52ceac
  3. #49b799
  4. #40a086
  5. #378973
  6. #2e7360
  7. #245c4c
  8. #1b4539
  9. #122e26
  10. #091713
  11. #000000

Tints

#5be5bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #6be8c5
  3. #7ceacc
  4. #8cedd2
  5. #9defd9
  6. #adf2df
  7. #bdf5e5
  8. #cef7ec
  9. #defaf2
  10. #effcf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5be5bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5be5bf
  2. #5fdbb9
  3. #62d1b2
  4. #66c7ac
  5. #6abda6
  6. #6eb3a0
  7. #71a899
  8. #759e93
  9. #79948d
  10. #7c8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cecece ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acd8c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ded7bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc9c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e7da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8ddbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9d5c1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2fe6d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5be5bf {
  color: #5be5bf;
}
Background
.bg-5be5bf {
  background-color: #5be5bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5be5bf {
  border: 2px solid #5be5bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5be5bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 229 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 73% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5be5bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5be5bf, #5bc6e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5be5bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 229 191 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.85 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 6.00 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.91 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.65 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.77 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 8.31 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.27 #a41a40 Inverted #cecece Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#5be5bf  rgb(91, 229, 191)  hsl(163, 73%, 63%)  Medium Aquamarine
#e55b81  rgb(229, 91, 129)  hsl(343, 73%, 63%)  Blush
#bf5be5  rgb(191, 91, 229)  hsl(283, 73%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#e5bf5b  rgb(229, 191, 91)  hsl(43, 73%, 63%)  Meat Brown