#5a8a8e

Color #5a8a8e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8a8e

RGB

rgb(90, 138, 142)

HSL

hsl(184.6, 22.4%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.6, 36.6%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.35, -15.1, -7.29)

LCH

lch(54.35, 16.77, 205.77)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0522, 202.54)

HWB

hwb(184.6, 35.3%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e5e5a

Analogous

#5a8e78

#5a8a8e

#5a708e

Triadic

#5a8a8e

#8e5a8a

#8a8e5a

Split-complementary

#5a8a8e

#8e5a70

#8e785a

Tetradic

#5a8a8e

#5e5a8e

#8e5e5a

#8a8e5a

Square

#5a8a8e

#785a8e

#8e5e5a

#708e5a

Shades

Color #5a8a8e mixed toward black.

#4b7376

#3c5c5f

#2d4547

#1e2e2f

#0f1718

Tints

Color #5a8a8e mixed toward white.

#71a1a5

#8eb4b7

#aac7c9

#c6d9db

#e3eced

Tones

Color #5a8a8e mixed toward gray.

#5e868a

#638385

#677f81

#6b7b7d

#707878

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72728d · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#6f6b8d · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#5d8c8c · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 15.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8a8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8a8e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5a8a8e (#5a8a8e) is rgb(90, 138, 142) in RGB.

No, #5a8a8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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