#5e8e97

Color #5e8e97

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8e97

RGB

rgb(94, 142, 151)

HSL

hsl(189.5, 23.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.5, 37.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.7%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(56.05, -13.78, -9.92)

LCH

lch(56.05, 16.98, 215.75)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.0534, 210.6)

HWB

hwb(189.5, 36.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97675e

Analogous

#5e9783

#5e8e97

#5e7197

Triadic

#5e8e97

#975e8e

#8e975e

Split-complementary

#5e8e97

#975e71

#97835e

Tetradic

#5e8e97

#675e97

#97675e

#8e975e

Square

#5e8e97

#835e97

#97675e

#71975e

Shades

Color #5e8e97 mixed toward black.

#4e767e

#3f5f65

#2f474b

#1f2f32

#101819

Tints

Color #5e8e97 mixed toward white.

#77a2aa

#92b5bb

#adc7cc

#c9dadd

#e4ecee

Tones

Color #5e8e97 mixed toward gray.

#638b92

#67878d

#6c8489

#718184

#767e7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767695 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#736f94 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#619393 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8e97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8e97]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5e8e97 (#5e8e97) is rgb(94, 142, 151) in RGB.

No, #5e8e97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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