#599fa7

Color #599fa7

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.62 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#599fa7

RGB

rgb(89, 159, 167)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 30.7%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 46.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(61.4, -19.85, -11.03)

LCH

lch(61.4, 22.71, 209.06)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0716, 205.13)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 34.9%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a76159

Analogous

#59a788

#599fa7

#5978a7

Triadic

#599fa7

#a7599f

#9fa759

Split-complementary

#599fa7

#a75978

#a78859

Tetradic

#599fa7

#6159a7

#a76159

#9fa759

Square

#599fa7

#8859a7

#a76159

#78a759

Shades

Color #599fa7 mixed toward black.

#4a858b

#3b6a70

#2c5054

#1e3538

#0f1b1c

Tints

Color #599fa7 mixed toward white.

#75afb6

#90bfc4

#accfd3

#c8dfe2

#e3eff0

Tones

Color #599fa7 mixed toward gray.

#609aa0

#66959a

#6d8f94

#738a8d

#7a8587

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ea5 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#7974a5 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#5ea4a3 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #599fa7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#599fa7]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#599fa7 (#599fa7) is rgb(89, 159, 167) in RGB.

No, #599fa7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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