#539da5

Color #539da5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.09 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#539da5

RGB

rgb(83, 157, 165)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 33.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 49.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(60.49, -20.78, -11.3)

LCH

lch(60.49, 23.65, 208.54)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0746, 204.64)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 32.5%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a55b53

Analogous

#53a584

#539da5

#5374a5

Triadic

#539da5

#a5539d

#9da553

Split-complementary

#539da5

#a55374

#a58453

Tetradic

#539da5

#5b53a5

#a55b53

#9da553

Square

#539da5

#8453a5

#a55b53

#74a553

Shades

Color #539da5 mixed toward black.

#458389

#37696e

#294e52

#1c3437

#0e1a1b

Tints

Color #539da5 mixed toward white.

#6eafb6

#8bbfc5

#a8cfd3

#c5dfe2

#e2eff0

Tones

Color #539da5 mixed toward gray.

#5a979e

#619297

#678c90

#6e878a

#758183

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ba3 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#7670a3 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#59a2a1 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #539da5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#539da5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#539da5 (#539da5) is rgb(83, 157, 165) in RGB.

No, #539da5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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