#537e7e

Color #537e7e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.65 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#537e7e

RGB

rgb(83, 126, 126)

HSL

hsl(180, 20.6%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 34.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(49.82, -14.74, -4.73)

LCH

lch(49.82, 15.48, 197.79)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.0475, 195.88)

HWB

hwb(180, 32.5%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e5353

Analogous

#537e69

#537e7e

#53697e

Triadic

#537e7e

#7e537e

#7e7e53

Split-complementary

#537e7e

#7e5369

#7e6953

Tetradic

#537e7e

#53537e

#7e5353

#7e7e53

Square

#537e7e

#69537e

#7e5353

#697e53

Shades

Color #537e7e mixed toward black.

#456969

#375454

#2a3f3f

#1c2a2a

#0e1515

Tints

Color #537e7e mixed toward white.

#689b9b

#86afaf

#a4c3c3

#c3d7d7

#e1ebeb

Tones

Color #537e7e mixed toward gray.

#577a7a

#5a7777

#5e7373

#617070

#656c6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68697e · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#66627e · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#567e7e · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 14.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #537e7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#537e7e]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#537e7e (#537e7e) is rgb(83, 126, 126) in RGB.

No, #537e7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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