#5bc5bb

Color #5bc5bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5bc5bb

RGB

rgb(91, 197, 187)

HSL

hsl(174.3, 47.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.3, 53.8%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(73.38, -32.95, -4.29)

LCH

lch(73.38, 33.23, 187.42)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0991, 187.01)

HWB

hwb(174.3, 35.7%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c55b65

Analogous

#5bc586

#5bc5bb

#5b9ac5

Triadic

#5bc5bb

#bb5bc5

#c5bb5b

Split-complementary

#5bc5bb

#c55b9a

#c5865b

Tetradic

#5bc5bb

#5b65c5

#c55b65

#c5bb5b

Square

#5bc5bb

#865bc5

#c55b65

#9ac55b

Shades

Color #5bc5bb mixed toward black.

#3fb1a6

#328e85

#266a64

#194743

#0d2321

Tints

Color #5bc5bb mixed toward white.

#76cfc6

#92d8d2

#ade2dd

#c8ece8

#e4f5f4

Tones

Color #5bc5bb mixed toward gray.

#64bcb4

#6db3ad

#76aba6

#7ea29e

#879997

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596bd · ΔE 29.6

Deuteranopia

#8f87be · ΔE 33.8

Tritanopia

#64bfc0 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bc5bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bc5bb]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5bc5bb (#5bc5bb) is rgb(91, 197, 187) in RGB.

No, #5bc5bb 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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