#5e8ea4

Color #5e8ea4

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8ea4

RGB

rgb(94, 142, 164)

HSL

hsl(198.9, 27.8%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.9, 42.7%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(56.49, -10.25, -16.71)

LCH

lch(56.49, 19.6, 238.47)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0616, 228.49)

HWB

hwb(198.9, 36.9%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4745e

Analogous

#5ea497

#5e8ea4

#5e6ba4

Triadic

#5e8ea4

#a45e8e

#8ea45e

Split-complementary

#5e8ea4

#a45e6b

#a4975e

Tetradic

#5e8ea4

#745ea4

#a4745e

#8ea45e

Square

#5e8ea4

#975ea4

#a4745e

#6ba45e

Shades

Color #5e8ea4 mixed toward black.

#4e7789

#3e5f6e

#2f4752

#1f2f37

#10181b

Tints

Color #5e8ea4 mixed toward white.

#79a1b3

#94b4c2

#afc6d2

#c9d9e1

#e4ecf0

Tones

Color #5e8ea4 mixed toward gray.

#648c9e

#6a8a98

#708893

#75858d

#7b8387

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#76769f · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#736f9e · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#619b9a · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8ea4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8ea4]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Blue #add8e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5e8ea4 (#5e8ea4) is rgb(94, 142, 164) in RGB.

No, #5e8ea4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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