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#5bbbc9 color: Faded Jeans

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188°
100%

OKLCH

73.9%
0.092
208°
  • ≈ Sky blue
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Vivid
  • Cool
  • cyan-500
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.23:1 · Below AALc -49
Black text9.40:1 · AALc 60

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About #5bbbc9

#5bbbc9 is a bright light cyan color. In OKLCH it has 73.9% lightness, 0.092 chroma and a hue of 208°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.23:1 contrast and black text 9.4:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Faded Jeans (#5dbdcb). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is cyan-500.

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Lighter: #5bbbc9 mixed with white

  1. 5bbbc9
  2. 6fc2ce
  3. 80c9d4
  4. 91d0d9
  5. a2d6df
  6. b2dde4
  7. c1e4e9
  8. d1ebef
  9. e0f2f4
  10. f0f8fa

Darker: #5bbbc9 mixed with black

  1. 5bbbc9
  2. 4ea2ae
  3. 418a95
  4. 35737c
  5. 295c64
  6. 1e464c
  7. 133236
  8. 091f22
  9. 030d0f
  10. 000202

Calmer: #5bbbc9 with less saturation

  1. 5bbbc9
  2. 66bac6
  3. 70b8c3
  4. 79b6c0
  5. 81b5bd
  6. 89b3ba
  7. 90b2b7
  8. 97b0b4
  9. 9eaeb1
  10. a4acae