#5ba4bb

Color #5ba4bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.17 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5ba4bb

RGB

rgb(91, 164, 187)

HSL

hsl(194.4, 41.4%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.4, 51.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.64, -16.4, -18.87)

LCH

lch(63.64, 25, 229.01)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0803, 220.55)

HWB

hwb(194.4, 35.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb725b

Analogous

#5bbba2

#5ba4bb

#5b74bb

Triadic

#5ba4bb

#bb5ba4

#a4bb5b

Split-complementary

#5ba4bb

#bb5b74

#bba25b

Tetradic

#5ba4bb

#725bbb

#bb725b

#a4bb5b

Square

#5ba4bb

#a25bbb

#bb725b

#74bb5b

Shades

Color #5ba4bb mixed toward black.

#448da4

#367183

#295462

#1b3842

#0e1c21

Tints

Color #5ba4bb mixed toward white.

#76b3c6

#92c2d2

#add1dd

#c8e1e8

#e4f0f4

Tones

Color #5ba4bb mixed toward gray.

#63a0b3

#6b9cab

#7397a3

#7b939b

#838f93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182b6 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#7d77b4 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#60b2b1 · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ba4bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ba4bb]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5ba4bb (#5ba4bb) is rgb(91, 164, 187) in RGB.

No, #5ba4bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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