#5e8ba1

Color #5e8ba1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8ba1

RGB

rgb(94, 139, 161)

HSL

hsl(199.7, 26.3%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.7, 41.6%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(55.5, -9.41, -16.5)

LCH

lch(55.5, 18.99, 240.3)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0593, 230.06)

HWB

hwb(199.7, 36.9%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a1745e

Analogous

#5ea196

#5e8ba1

#5e69a1

Triadic

#5e8ba1

#a15e8b

#8ba15e

Split-complementary

#5e8ba1

#a15e69

#a1965e

Tetradic

#5e8ba1

#745ea1

#a1745e

#8ba15e

Square

#5e8ba1

#965ea1

#a1745e

#69a15e

Shades

Color #5e8ba1 mixed toward black.

#4e7486

#3f5d6b

#2f4651

#1f2e36

#10171b

Tints

Color #5e8ba1 mixed toward white.

#799eb1

#94b2c0

#aec5d0

#c9d8e0

#e4ecef

Tones

Color #5e8ba1 mixed toward gray.

#64899b

#698796

#6f8590

#74838b

#7a8185

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74759c · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#726e9b · ΔE 19.6

Tritanopia

#619897 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8ba1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8ba1]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5e8ba1 (#5e8ba1) is rgb(94, 139, 161) in RGB.

No, #5e8ba1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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