#5ba9b0

Color #5ba9b0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.65 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5ba9b0

RGB

rgb(91, 169, 176)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 35%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 48.3%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 4%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(64.75, -22.09, -11.05)

LCH

lch(64.75, 24.7, 206.58)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0775, 203.16)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 35.7%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0625b

Analogous

#5bb08d

#5ba9b0

#5b7fb0

Triadic

#5ba9b0

#b05ba9

#a9b05b

Split-complementary

#5ba9b0

#b05b7f

#b08d5b

Tetradic

#5ba9b0

#625bb0

#b0625b

#a9b05b

Square

#5ba9b0

#8d5bb0

#b0625b

#7fb05b

Shades

Color #5ba9b0 mixed toward black.

#489096

#3a7378

#2b565a

#1d3a3c

#0e1d1e

Tints

Color #5ba9b0 mixed toward white.

#76b7bd

#92c6ca

#add4d8

#c8e2e5

#e4f1f2

Tones

Color #5ba9b0 mixed toward gray.

#62a3a9

#699da2

#70979b

#779194

#7f8c8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485ae · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#8079ae · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#61adad · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ba9b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ba9b0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5ba9b0 (#5ba9b0) is rgb(91, 169, 176) in RGB.

No, #5ba9b0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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