Information about #5BBBC8 color

#5BBBC8 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5BBBC8 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 187, 200) — 35.7% red, 73.3% green, 78.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 43 / 5 / 0 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated aqua cyan, #5BBBC8 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Parachute (#65B8D1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bayside (#5FC9BF) and Viking (#4DB1C8).

The recipe behind #5BBBC8 is rgb(91, 187, 200), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #5BBBC8 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. No one has named #5BBBC8 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5BBBC8 color variations

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

#5BBBC8 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 #5BBBC8

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

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Bayside color link
Bayside

#5FC9BF

Viking color link
Viking

#4DB1C8

Pastel Teal color link
Pastel Teal

#63B7B7

Sea Serpent color link
Sea Serpent

#4BC7CF

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Jellyfish color link
Jellyfish

#46C7C7

Meltwater color link
Meltwater

#6EAEC0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5BBBC8
  • RGB91, 187, 200
  • CMYK43, 5, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(91, 187, 200)
  • HSL187°, 50%, 57%
  • HSL Precise187.156°, 49.772%, 57.059%
  • HSV187°, 55%, 78%
  • HSB187°, 55%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.784
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.733, 0.784)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.733, 0.784, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.733, 0.784)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78.4%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5BBBC8
  • DECIMAL ID6011848
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01