Information about #5BBAF1 color

#5BBAF1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5BBAF1 falls into the Azure Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 186, 241) — 35.7% red, 72.9% green, 94.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 59 / 22 / 0 / 5. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #5BBAF1 reads as a strongly colored sky-leaning azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Blue Jeans (#5DADEC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Brilliant Cerulean (#51C2E7) and Brilliant Cornflower Blue (#51AFE7).

The recipe behind #5BBAF1 is rgb(91, 186, 241), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5BBAF1: 9.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. #5BBAF1 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5BBAF1 color variations

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#5BBAF1 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5BBAF1

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5BBAF1
  • RGB91, 186, 241
  • CMYK59, 22, 0, 5
  • CSSrgb(91, 186, 241)
  • HSL202°, 84%, 65%
  • HSL Precise202°, 84.27%, 65.098%
  • HSV202°, 62%, 95%
  • HSB202°, 62%, 95%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.945
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.729, 0.945)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.729, 0.945, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.729, 0.945)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB94.5%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID5BBAF1
  • DECIMAL ID6011633
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01