#5b8ba1

Color #5b8ba1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8ba1

RGB

rgb(91, 139, 161)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 27.8%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 43.5%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(55.34, -10.22, -16.75)

LCH

lch(55.34, 19.62, 238.61)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0616, 228.55)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 35.7%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1715b

Analogous

#5ba194

#5b8ba1

#5b68a1

Triadic

#5b8ba1

#a15b8b

#8ba15b

Split-complementary

#5b8ba1

#a15b68

#a1945b

Tetradic

#5b8ba1

#715ba1

#a1715b

#8ba15b

Square

#5b8ba1

#945ba1

#a1715b

#68a15b

Shades

Color #5b8ba1 mixed toward black.

#4c7486

#3d5d6b

#2d4550

#1e2e36

#0f171b

Tints

Color #5b8ba1 mixed toward white.

#769fb1

#91b2c1

#adc5d0

#c8d8e0

#e4ecef

Tones

Color #5b8ba1 mixed toward gray.

#61899b

#678795

#6c848f

#72828a

#788084

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73739c · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#706c9b · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#5e9897 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8ba1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8ba1]

Related colors

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5b8ba1 (#5b8ba1) is rgb(91, 139, 161) in RGB.

No, #5b8ba1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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