#5b7e7a

Color #5b7e7a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 13.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b7e7a

RGB

rgb(91, 126, 122)

HSL

hsl(173.1, 16.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.1, 27.8%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(50.16, -13.25, -1.83)

LCH

lch(50.16, 13.38, 187.86)

OKLCH

oklch(56.5%, 0.04, 187.32)

HWB

hwb(173.1, 35.7%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e5b5f

Analogous

#5b7e68

#5b7e7a

#5b707e

Triadic

#5b7e7a

#7a5b7e

#7e7a5b

Split-complementary

#5b7e7a

#7e5b70

#7e685b

Tetradic

#5b7e7a

#5b5f7e

#7e5b5f

#7e7a5b

Square

#5b7e7a

#685b7e

#7e5b5f

#707e5b

Shades

Color #5b7e7a mixed toward black.

#4c6966

#3d5451

#2d3f3d

#1e2a29

#0f1514

Tints

Color #5b7e7a mixed toward white.

#719894

#8eada9

#aac1bf

#c6d6d4

#e3eaea

Tones

Color #5b7e7a mixed toward gray.

#5e7b78

#617875

#647573

#677271

#696f6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c7b · ΔE 18.9

Deuteranopia

#6a677b · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#5d7c7c · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 13.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b7e7a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b7e7a]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b7e7a (#5b7e7a) is rgb(91, 126, 122) in RGB.

No, #5b7e7a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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