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#5BE8BC

#5be8bc ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#5be8bc is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 90.98% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.97% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 161.28°, with 75.4% saturation and 63.33% 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 13.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.38.

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Web safe#66ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6357

Complementary

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #e85b87

Split complementary

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #e85bcd
  3. #e8755b

Analogous

  1. #5be875
  2. #5be8bc
  3. #5bcde8

Triadic

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #bc5be8
  3. #e8bc5b

Tetradic

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #5b87e8
  3. #e85b87
  4. #e8bc5b

Square

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #755be8
  3. #e85b87
  4. #cde85b

Monochromatic

  1. #15956d
  2. #1ed89e
  3. #5be8bc
  4. #9ef1d7
  5. #e1fbf3

Shades

#5be8bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #52d1a9
  3. #49ba96
  4. #40a284
  5. #378b71
  6. #2e745e
  7. #245d4b
  8. #1b4638
  9. #122e26
  10. #091713
  11. #000000

Tints

#5be8bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #6beac3
  3. #7cedc9
  4. #8cefd0
  5. #9df1d7
  6. #adf4de
  7. #bdf6e4
  8. #cef8eb
  9. #defaf2
  10. #effdf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5be8bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5be8bc
  2. #5fdeb6
  3. #62d3b0
  4. #66c9aa
  5. #6abea4
  6. #6eb49e
  7. #71aa98
  8. #759f92
  9. #79958c
  10. #7c8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aedac9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e2d9ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cecbbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbdfbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acd7be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #30e9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5be8bc {
  color: #5be8bc;
}
Background
.bg-5be8bc {
  background-color: #5be8bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5be8bc {
  border: 2px solid #5be8bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5be8bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 232 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 75% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5be8bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5be8bc, #5bcde8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5be8bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 232 188 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.38 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.54 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 7.70 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.74 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 8.39 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.46 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 9.97 #a41743 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#5be8bc  rgb(91, 232, 188)  hsl(161, 75%, 63%)  Aquamarine
#e85b87  rgb(232, 91, 135)  hsl(341, 75%, 63%)  Blush
#bc5be8  rgb(188, 91, 232)  hsl(281, 75%, 63%)  Medium Orchid
#e8bc5b  rgb(232, 188, 91)  hsl(41, 75%, 63%)  Meat Brown