#5b8897

Color #5b8897

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.42 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8897

RGB

rgb(91, 136, 151)

HSL

hsl(195, 24.8%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 39.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(54.1, -11.32, -12.87)

LCH

lch(54.1, 17.14, 228.67)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0541, 220.88)

HWB

hwb(195, 35.7%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#976a5b

Analogous

#5b9788

#5b8897

#5b6a97

Triadic

#5b8897

#975b88

#88975b

Split-complementary

#5b8897

#975b6a

#97885b

Tetradic

#5b8897

#6a5b97

#976a5b

#88975b

Square

#5b8897

#885b97

#976a5b

#6a975b

Shades

Color #5b8897 mixed toward black.

#4c717e

#3d5b65

#2e444c

#1e2d32

#0f1719

Tints

Color #5b8897 mixed toward white.

#749dab

#90b1bc

#abc4cd

#c7d8dd

#e3ebee

Tones

Color #5b8897 mixed toward gray.

#608692

#65838d

#6a8188

#6f7e83

#747c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717294 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#6f6b93 · ΔE 21.8

Tritanopia

#5e9190 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8897;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8897]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5b8897 (#5b8897) is rgb(91, 136, 151) in RGB.

No, #5b8897 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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