Information about #5BCED2 color

#5BCED2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5BCED2 falls into the Cyan Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 206, 210) — 35.7% red, 80.8% green, 82.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 47 / 2 / 0 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5BCED2 reads as a clearly saturated aqua cyan and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Kathy & Michael at 20 Years and Beyond (#64D8D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sea Serpent (#4BC7CF) and Bayside (#5FC9BF).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(91, 206, 210)), which gives #5BCED2 its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5BCED2: 11.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.9:1 for white. #5BCED2 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#5BCED2 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#5BCED2 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 #5BCED2

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#5BCED2
  • RGB91, 206, 210
  • CMYK47, 2, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(91, 206, 210)
  • HSL182°, 57%, 59%
  • HSL Precise182.017°, 56.938%, 59.02%
  • HSV182°, 57%, 82%
  • HSB182°, 57%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.824
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.808, 0.824)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.808, 0.824, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.808, 0.824)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB82.4%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5BCED2
  • DECIMAL ID6016722
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01