#5ae3e6

Color #5ae3e6

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 7.87 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5ae3e6

RGB

rgb(90, 227, 230)

HSL

hsl(181.3, 73.7%, 62.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.3, 60.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(83.35, -35.77, -12.54)

LCH

lch(83.35, 37.9, 199.32)

OKLCH

oklch(84.3%, 0.1176, 197.22)

HWB

hwb(181.3, 35.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e65d5a

Analogous

#5ae6a3

#5ae3e6

#5a9de6

Triadic

#5ae3e6

#e65ae3

#e3e65a

Split-complementary

#5ae3e6

#e65a9d

#e6a35a

Tetradic

#5ae3e6

#5d5ae6

#e65d5a

#e3e65a

Square

#5ae3e6

#a35ae6

#e65d5a

#9de65a

Shades

Color #5ae3e6 mixed toward black.

#2bdbdf

#1cb6b9

#15888b

#0e5b5d

#072d2e

Tints

Color #5ae3e6 mixed toward white.

#75e8ea

#91ecee

#acf1f2

#c8f6f7

#e3fafb

Tones

Color #5ae3e6 mixed toward gray.

#65d8da

#71cdcf

#7dc1c3

#89b6b7

#94abac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9e5 · ΔE 31.2

Deuteranopia

#a095e5 · ΔE 35.8

Tritanopia

#67e5e5 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#d0d0d0 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ae3e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ae3e6]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#5ae3e6 (#5ae3e6) is rgb(90, 227, 230) in RGB.

No, #5ae3e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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