#5b8c94

Color #5b8c94

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8c94

RGB

rgb(91, 140, 148)

HSL

hsl(188.4, 23.8%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.4, 38.5%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(55.19, -14.33, -9.49)

LCH

lch(55.19, 17.19, 213.51)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.0541, 208.75)

HWB

hwb(188.4, 35.7%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94635b

Analogous

#5b9480

#5b8c94

#5b7094

Triadic

#5b8c94

#945b8c

#8c945b

Split-complementary

#5b8c94

#945b70

#94805b

Tetradic

#5b8c94

#635b94

#94635b

#8c945b

Square

#5b8c94

#805b94

#94635b

#70945b

Shades

Color #5b8c94 mixed toward black.

#4c757b

#3d5d63

#2e464a

#1e2f31

#0f1719

Tints

Color #5b8c94 mixed toward white.

#73a1a9

#8fb4ba

#abc7cb

#c7dadd

#e3ecee

Tones

Color #5b8c94 mixed toward gray.

#60898f

#65858b

#698286

#6e7e81

#737b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737492 · ΔE 21.7

Deuteranopia

#716d92 · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#5e9190 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8c94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8c94]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#5b8c94 (#5b8c94) is rgb(91, 140, 148) in RGB.

No, #5b8c94 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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