#5aacb8

Color #5aacb8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.21 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5aacb8

RGB

rgb(90, 172, 184)

HSL

hsl(187.7, 39.8%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.7, 51.1%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(65.86, -21.65, -13.85)

LCH

lch(65.86, 25.7, 212.61)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0817, 207.88)

HWB

hwb(187.7, 35.3%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8665a

Analogous

#5ab895

#5aacb8

#5a7db8

Triadic

#5aacb8

#b85aac

#acb85a

Split-complementary

#5aacb8

#b85a7d

#b8955a

Tetradic

#5aacb8

#665ab8

#b8665a

#acb85a

Square

#5aacb8

#955ab8

#b8665a

#7db85a

Shades

Color #5aacb8 mixed toward black.

#4594a0

#377680

#295960

#1b3b40

#0e1e20

Tints

Color #5aacb8 mixed toward white.

#75bac4

#91c8d0

#acd5db

#c8e3e7

#e3f1f3

Tones

Color #5aacb8 mixed toward gray.

#62a6b0

#6aa0a8

#719aa0

#799599

#818f91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686b5 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#817ab5 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#60b3b2 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5aacb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aacb8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#5aacb8 (#5aacb8) is rgb(90, 172, 184) in RGB.

No, #5aacb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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