#53857e

Color #53857e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.96 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#53857e

RGB

rgb(83, 133, 126)

HSL

hsl(171.6, 23.1%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.6, 37.6%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(51.97, -18.53, -1.55)

LCH

lch(51.97, 18.59, 184.78)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0552, 184.68)

HWB

hwb(171.6, 32.5%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85535a

Analogous

#538565

#53857e

#537385

Triadic

#53857e

#7e5385

#857e53

Split-complementary

#53857e

#855373

#856553

Tetradic

#53857e

#535a85

#85535a

#857e53

Square

#53857e

#655385

#85535a

#738553

Shades

Color #53857e mixed toward black.

#456f69

#375954

#2a433f

#1c2c2a

#0e1615

Tints

Color #53857e mixed toward white.

#68a199

#86b4ad

#a5c7c2

#c3d9d6

#e1eceb

Tones

Color #53857e mixed toward gray.

#57817b

#5b7d78

#607975

#647472

#68706f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6d80 · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#696580 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#568181 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53857e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53857e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#53857e (#53857e) is rgb(83, 133, 126) in RGB.

No, #53857e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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