#5e898d

Color #5e898d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.2 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e898d

RGB

rgb(94, 137, 141)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 20%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 33.3%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(54.23, -13.65, -6.86)

LCH

lch(54.23, 15.28, 206.68)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0475, 203.33)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 36.9%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d625e

Analogous

#5e8d7a

#5e898d

#5e728d

Triadic

#5e898d

#8d5e89

#898d5e

Split-complementary

#5e898d

#8d5e72

#8d7a5e

Tetradic

#5e898d

#625e8d

#8d625e

#898d5e

Square

#5e898d

#7a5e8d

#8d625e

#728d5e

Shades

Color #5e898d mixed toward black.

#4e7276

#3f5b5e

#2f4547

#1f2e2f

#101718

Tints

Color #5e898d mixed toward white.

#769fa3

#91b3b6

#adc6c8

#c8d9da

#e4eced

Tones

Color #5e898d mixed toward gray.

#628689

#668385

#6a7f81

#6e7c7d

#727979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73738c · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#716d8c · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#618b8b · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e898d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e898d]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5e898d (#5e898d) is rgb(94, 137, 141) in RGB.

No, #5e898d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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