#5ba7ad

Color #5ba7ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.72 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5ba7ad

RGB

rgb(91, 167, 173)

HSL

hsl(184.4, 33.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.4, 47.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(64.06, -21.88, -10.41)

LCH

lch(64.06, 24.23, 205.44)

OKLCH

oklch(68.2%, 0.0759, 202.21)

HWB

hwb(184.4, 35.7%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad615b

Analogous

#5bad8a

#5ba7ad

#5b7ead

Triadic

#5ba7ad

#ad5ba7

#a7ad5b

Split-complementary

#5ba7ad

#ad5b7e

#ad8a5b

Tetradic

#5ba7ad

#615bad

#ad615b

#a7ad5b

Square

#5ba7ad

#8a5bad

#ad615b

#7ead5b

Shades

Color #5ba7ad mixed toward black.

#498d93

#3b7175

#2c5558

#1d393b

#0f1c1d

Tints

Color #5ba7ad mixed toward white.

#76b6bb

#92c4c8

#add3d6

#c8e2e4

#e4f0f1

Tones

Color #5ba7ad mixed toward gray.

#62a1a6

#699b9f

#709699

#769092

#7d8a8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384ac · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#7e78ab · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#61aaaa · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ba7ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ba7ad]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5ba7ad (#5ba7ad) is rgb(91, 167, 173) in RGB.

No, #5ba7ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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