#5b878a

Color #5b878a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b878a

RGB

rgb(91, 135, 138)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 20.5%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 34.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.1%, 2.2%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(53.37, -14.21, -6.42)

LCH

lch(53.37, 15.59, 204.31)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0483, 201.36)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 35.7%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a5e5b

Analogous

#5b8a75

#5b878a

#5b708a

Triadic

#5b878a

#8a5b87

#878a5b

Split-complementary

#5b878a

#8a5b70

#8a755b

Tetradic

#5b878a

#5e5b8a

#8a5e5b

#878a5b

Square

#5b878a

#755b8a

#8a5e5b

#708a5b

Shades

Color #5b878a mixed toward black.

#4c7073

#3d5a5c

#2e4345

#1e2d2e

#0f1617

Tints

Color #5b878a mixed toward white.

#729fa2

#8eb2b5

#aac5c7

#c7d9da

#e3ecec

Tones

Color #5b878a mixed toward gray.

#5f8486

#638082

#677d7e

#6b797a

#6f7676

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717189 · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#6e6b89 · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#5e8989 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b878a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b878a]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b878a (#5b878a) is rgb(91, 135, 138) in RGB.

No, #5b878a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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