#5aa0bc

Color #5aa0bc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa0bc

RGB

rgb(90, 160, 188)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 42.2%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 52.1%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(62.46, -14.2, -21.23)

LCH

lch(62.46, 25.54, 236.22)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0818, 226.04)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 35.3%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc765a

Analogous

#5abca7

#5aa0bc

#5a6fbc

Triadic

#5aa0bc

#bc5aa0

#a0bc5a

Split-complementary

#5aa0bc

#bc5a6f

#bca75a

Tetradic

#5aa0bc

#765abc

#bc765a

#a0bc5a

Square

#5aa0bc

#a75abc

#bc765a

#6fbc5a

Shades

Color #5aa0bc mixed toward black.

#4389a5

#366d84

#285263

#1b3742

#0d1b21

Tints

Color #5aa0bc mixed toward white.

#76b0c7

#91c0d2

#add0dd

#c8dfe9

#e4eff4

Tones

Color #5aa0bc mixed toward gray.

#629db4

#6a99ac

#7296a3

#7b929b

#838e93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fb6 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#7a75b4 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#5fb1af · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa0bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa0bc]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5aa0bc (#5aa0bc) is rgb(90, 160, 188) in RGB.

No, #5aa0bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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