#5bb7c8

Color #5bb7c8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5bb7c8

RGB

rgb(91, 183, 200)

HSL

hsl(189.4, 49.8%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.4, 54.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(69.65, -22.56, -16.96)

LCH

lch(69.65, 28.22, 216.93)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0905, 211.21)

HWB

hwb(189.4, 35.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c86c5b

Analogous

#5bc8a3

#5bb7c8

#5b81c8

Triadic

#5bb7c8

#c85bb7

#b7c85b

Split-complementary

#5bb7c8

#c85b81

#c8a35b

Tetradic

#5bb7c8

#6c5bc8

#c86c5b

#b7c85b

Square

#5bb7c8

#a35bc8

#c86c5b

#81c85b

Shades

Color #5bb7c8 mixed toward black.

#3da3b6

#318291

#25626d

#184149

#0c2124

Tints

Color #5bb7c8 mixed toward white.

#76c3d1

#92cfda

#addbe4

#c8e7ed

#e4f3f6

Tones

Color #5bb7c8 mixed toward gray.

#64b1bf

#6dabb6

#76a4ad

#7f9ea4

#89989b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8dc4 · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#8780c3 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#62c1c0 · ΔE 7.4

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bb7c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bb7c8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5bb7c8 (#5bb7c8) is rgb(91, 183, 200) in RGB.

No, #5bb7c8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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