#5a7470

Color #5a7470

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.66 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a7470

RGB

rgb(90, 116, 112)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 12.6%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 22.4%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(46.76, -10.36, -0.91)

LCH

lch(46.76, 10.4, 185.02)

OKLCH

oklch(53.7%, 0.031, 184.81)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 35.3%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#745a5e

Analogous

#5a7463

#5a7470

#5a6b74

Triadic

#5a7470

#705a74

#74705a

Split-complementary

#5a7470

#745a6b

#74635a

Tetradic

#5a7470

#5a5e74

#745a5e

#74705a

Square

#5a7470

#635a74

#745a5e

#6b745a

Shades

Color #5a7470 mixed toward black.

#4b615d

#3c4d4b

#2d3a38

#1e2725

#0f1313

Tints

Color #5a7470 mixed toward white.

#70908b

#8da6a3

#a9bdba

#c6d3d1

#e2e9e8

Tones

Color #5a7470 mixed toward gray.

#5c726f

#5e706d

#616e6c

#636b6a

#656969

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.17:1

White text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666671 · ΔE 15.6

Deuteranopia

#656371 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#5c7272 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 11.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a7470;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a7470]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5a7470 (#5a7470) is rgb(90, 116, 112) in RGB.

No, #5a7470 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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