Information about #5BDBD9 color

#5BDBD9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #5BDBD9 is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(91, 219, 217) — 35.7% red, 85.9% green, 85.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 50 / 0 / 1 / 14. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A vivid, lively cyan, #5BDBD9 floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Kathy & Michael at 20 Years and Beyond (#64D8D0). Nearby in the Register you will also find Brilliant Opal (#51E7D5) and Brilliant Arctic Blue (#51D5E7).

In RGB terms — rgb(91, 219, 217) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #5BDBD9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #5BDBD9 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#5BDBD9 color variations

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

#5BDBD9 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 #5BDBD9

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#5BDBD9
  • RGB91, 219, 217
  • CMYK50, 0, 1, 14
  • CSSrgb(91, 219, 217)
  • HSL179°, 64%, 61%
  • HSL Precise179.063°, 64%, 60.784%
  • HSV179°, 58%, 86%
  • HSB179°, 58%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.851
  • GLSLvec3(0.357, 0.859, 0.851)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.357, 0.859, 0.851, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.357, 0.859, 0.851)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB35.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB85.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID5BDBD9
  • DECIMAL ID6020057
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01