#5bb6cf

Color #5bb6cf

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.93 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#5bb6cf

RGB

rgb(91, 182, 207)

HSL

hsl(192.9, 54.7%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.9, 56%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(56%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(69.6, -20.04, -20.88)

LCH

lch(69.6, 28.94, 226.18)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0936, 218.19)

HWB

hwb(192.9, 35.7%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cf745b

Analogous

#5bcfae

#5bb6cf

#5b7ccf

Triadic

#5bb6cf

#cf5bb6

#b6cf5b

Split-complementary

#5bb6cf

#cf5b7c

#cfae5b

Tetradic

#5bb6cf

#745bcf

#cf745b

#b6cf5b

Square

#5bb6cf

#ae5bcf

#cf745b

#7ccf5b

Shades

Color #5bb6cf mixed toward black.

#38a3c0

#2d829a

#226273

#16414d

#0b2126

Tints

Color #5bb6cf mixed toward white.

#76c2d7

#92cedf

#addae7

#c8e7ef

#e4f3f7

Tones

Color #5bb6cf mixed toward gray.

#65b0c5

#6eabbc

#78a5b2

#82a0a8

#8b9a9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8dc9 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#877fc8 · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#62c5c4 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bb6cf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bb6cf]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5bb6cf (#5bb6cf) is rgb(91, 182, 207) in RGB.

No, #5bb6cf is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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