#5bbdd3

Color #5bbdd3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5bbdd3

RGB

rgb(91, 189, 211)

HSL

hsl(191, 57.7%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191, 56.9%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(71.77, -22.47, -19.77)

LCH

lch(71.77, 29.93, 221.34)

OKLCH

oklch(74.8%, 0.0967, 214.51)

HWB

hwb(191, 35.7%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d3715b

Analogous

#5bd3ad

#5bbdd3

#5b81d3

Triadic

#5bbdd3

#d35bbd

#bdd35b

Split-complementary

#5bbdd3

#d35b81

#d3ad5b

Tetradic

#5bbdd3

#715bd3

#d3715b

#bdd35b

Square

#5bbdd3

#ad5bd3

#d3715b

#81d35b

Shades

Color #5bbdd3 mixed toward black.

#35acc6

#2b899f

#206777

#15454f

#0b2228

Tints

Color #5bbdd3 mixed toward white.

#76c8da

#92d3e2

#addee9

#c8e9f0

#e4f4f8

Tones

Color #5bbdd3 mixed toward gray.

#65b7c9

#6fb0bf

#79aab5

#83a4ab

#8d9da1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9091ce · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#8b83cd · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#63cac9 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bbdd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bbdd3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5bbdd3 (#5bbdd3) is rgb(91, 189, 211) in RGB.

No, #5bbdd3 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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