#5e8a91

Color #5e8a91

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.27 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8a91

RGB

rgb(94, 138, 145)

HSL

hsl(188.2, 21.3%, 46.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.2, 35.2%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 4.8%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(54.66, -13.16, -8.54)

LCH

lch(54.66, 15.69, 212.98)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0492, 208.39)

HWB

hwb(188.2, 36.9%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91655e

Analogous

#5e917f

#5e8a91

#5e7191

Triadic

#5e8a91

#915e8a

#8a915e

Split-complementary

#5e8a91

#915e71

#917f5e

Tetradic

#5e8a91

#655e91

#91655e

#8a915e

Square

#5e8a91

#7f5e91

#91655e

#71915e

Shades

Color #5e8a91 mixed toward black.

#4e7379

#3f5c61

#2f4549

#1f2e30

#101718

Tints

Color #5e8a91 mixed toward white.

#76a0a6

#92b3b8

#adc6ca

#c8d9db

#e4eced

Tones

Color #5e8a91 mixed toward gray.

#62878d

#678489

#6b8184

#6f7e80

#737b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74748f · ΔE 21

Deuteranopia

#716e8f · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#618e8e · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8a91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8a91]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#5e8a91 (#5e8a91) is rgb(94, 138, 145) in RGB.

No, #5e8a91 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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