#5c9991

Color #5c9991

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.13 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5c9991

RGB

rgb(92, 153, 145)

HSL

hsl(172.1, 24.9%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.1, 39.9%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)

LAB

lab(59.07, -21.71, -2.02)

LCH

lch(59.07, 21.8, 185.32)

OKLCH

oklch(63.9%, 0.0648, 185.14)

HWB

hwb(172.1, 36.1%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#995c64

Analogous

#5c9972

#5c9991

#5c8299

Triadic

#5c9991

#915c99

#99915c

Split-complementary

#5c9991

#995c82

#99725c

Tetradic

#5c9991

#5c6499

#995c64

#99915c

Square

#5c9991

#725c99

#995c64

#82995c

Shades

Color #5c9991 mixed toward black.

#4d7f79

#3d6661

#2e4c48

#1f3330

#0f1918

Tints

Color #5c9991 mixed toward white.

#75aca5

#91bdb7

#accdc9

#c8dedb

#e3eeed

Tones

Color #5c9991 mixed toward gray.

#61948d

#668f89

#6b8a86

#708582

#757f7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7c93 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#787393 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#609595 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c9991;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c9991]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5c9991 (#5c9991) is rgb(92, 153, 145) in RGB.

No, #5c9991 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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