#5bc3e2

Color #5bc3e2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 8.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5bc3e2

RGB

rgb(91, 195, 226)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 69.9%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 59.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(74.02, -21.15, -24.49)

LCH

lch(74.02, 32.36, 229.19)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.1053, 220.3)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 35.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e27a5b

Analogous

#5be2be

#5bc3e2

#5b80e2

Triadic

#5bc3e2

#e25bc3

#c3e25b

Split-complementary

#5bc3e2

#e25b80

#e2be5b

Tetradic

#5bc3e2

#7a5be2

#e27a5b

#c3e25b

Square

#5bc3e2

#be5be2

#e27a5b

#80e25b

Shades

Color #5bc3e2 mixed toward black.

#2eb3da

#2092b4

#186d87

#10495a

#08242d

Tints

Color #5bc3e2 mixed toward white.

#77cde7

#92d7ec

#ade1f0

#c8ebf5

#e4f5fa

Tones

Color #5bc3e2 mixed toward gray.

#66bdd7

#72b7cc

#7db1c0

#88abb5

#93a5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495db · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#8e86d9 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#64d5d4 · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#b6b6b6 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bc3e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bc3e2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5bc3e2 (#5bc3e2) is rgb(91, 195, 226) in RGB.

No, #5bc3e2 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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