#5a8c8f

Color #5a8c8f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.24 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8c8f

RGB

rgb(90, 140, 143)

HSL

hsl(183.4, 22.7%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.4, 37.1%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(54.98, -15.92, -6.93)

LCH

lch(54.98, 17.36, 203.52)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0539, 200.66)

HWB

hwb(183.4, 35.3%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f5d5a

Analogous

#5a8f78

#5a8c8f

#5a728f

Triadic

#5a8c8f

#8f5a8c

#8c8f5a

Split-complementary

#5a8c8f

#8f5a72

#8f785a

Tetradic

#5a8c8f

#5d5a8f

#8f5d5a

#8c8f5a

Square

#5a8c8f

#785a8f

#8f5d5a

#728f5a

Shades

Color #5a8c8f mixed toward black.

#4b7577

#3c5d5f

#2d4647

#1e2f30

#0f1718

Tints

Color #5a8c8f mixed toward white.

#71a3a6

#8eb5b8

#aac8c9

#c6dadb

#e3eded

Tones

Color #5a8c8f mixed toward gray.

#5e888b

#638486

#678082

#6c7c7d

#707879

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73738e · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#706c8e · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#5d8e8e · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 15.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8c8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8c8f]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5a8c8f (#5a8c8f) is rgb(90, 140, 143) in RGB.

No, #5a8c8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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