#5bbbca

Color #5bbbca

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.39 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5bbbca

RGB

rgb(91, 187, 202)

HSL

hsl(188.1, 51.2%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.1, 55%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(55%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.89, -24.02, -16.19)

LCH

lch(70.89, 28.97, 213.98)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0927, 208.92)

HWB

hwb(188.1, 35.7%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca6a5b

Analogous

#5bcaa2

#5bbbca

#5b84ca

Triadic

#5bbbca

#ca5bbb

#bbca5b

Split-complementary

#5bbbca

#ca5b84

#caa25b

Tetradic

#5bbbca

#6a5bca

#ca6a5b

#bbca5b

Square

#5bbbca

#a25bca

#ca6a5b

#84ca5b

Shades

Color #5bbbca mixed toward black.

#3ca8b9

#308694

#24656f

#18434a

#0c2225

Tints

Color #5bbbca mixed toward white.

#76c6d3

#92d2dc

#addde5

#c8e8ed

#e4f4f6

Tones

Color #5bbbca mixed toward gray.

#64b4c1

#6eaeb8

#77a7ae

#80a0a5

#89999c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90c7 · ΔE 26.2

Deuteranopia

#8982c6 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#63c4c3 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bbbca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bbbca]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#5bbbca (#5bbbca) is rgb(91, 187, 202) in RGB.

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

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