#5ba3ac

Color #5ba3ac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.6 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5ba3ac

RGB

rgb(91, 163, 172)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 32.8%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 47.1%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(62.84, -20.09, -11.68)

LCH

lch(62.84, 23.24, 210.17)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.0733, 206.04)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 35.7%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac645b

Analogous

#5bac8d

#5ba3ac

#5b7bac

Triadic

#5ba3ac

#ac5ba3

#a3ac5b

Split-complementary

#5ba3ac

#ac5b7b

#ac8d5b

Tetradic

#5ba3ac

#645bac

#ac645b

#a3ac5b

Square

#5ba3ac

#8d5bac

#ac645b

#7bac5b

Shades

Color #5ba3ac mixed toward black.

#4a8a92

#3b6e74

#2c5357

#1d373a

#0f1c1d

Tints

Color #5ba3ac mixed toward white.

#76b2ba

#92c2c8

#add1d6

#c8e0e3

#e4f0f1

Tones

Color #5ba3ac mixed toward gray.

#629ea5

#69999f

#6f9398

#768e91

#7d898a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8181aa · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#7c77a9 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#60a8a8 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ba3ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ba3ac]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5ba3ac (#5ba3ac) is rgb(91, 163, 172) in RGB.

No, #5ba3ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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