#5ababf

Color #5ababf

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5ababf

RGB

rgb(90, 186, 191)

HSL

hsl(183, 44.1%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183, 52.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(70.21, -26.78, -11.18)

LCH

lch(70.21, 29.02, 202.66)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0905, 199.96)

HWB

hwb(183, 35.3%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bf5f5a

Analogous

#5abf92

#5ababf

#5a87bf

Triadic

#5ababf

#bf5aba

#babf5a

Split-complementary

#5ababf

#bf5a87

#bf925a

Tetradic

#5ababf

#5f5abf

#bf5f5a

#babf5a

Square

#5ababf

#925abf

#bf5f5a

#87bf5a

Shades

Color #5ababf mixed toward black.

#41a4a9

#348387

#276265

#1a4143

#0d2122

Tints

Color #5ababf mixed toward white.

#76c5ca

#91d1d4

#addcdf

#c8e8ea

#e4f3f4

Tones

Color #5ababf mixed toward gray.

#62b2b7

#6babae

#73a3a6

#7c9c9d

#849495

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fbe · ΔE 27.6

Deuteranopia

#8881be · ΔE 30.7

Tritanopia

#62bdbd · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ababf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ababf]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#5ababf (#5ababf) is rgb(90, 186, 191) in RGB.

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

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