#5e9590

Color #5e9590

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.39 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e9590

RGB

rgb(94, 149, 144)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 22.6%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 36.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(57.93, -19.32, -3.11)

LCH

lch(57.93, 19.57, 189.14)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0587, 188.52)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 36.9%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#955e63

Analogous

#5e9574

#5e9590

#5e7e95

Triadic

#5e9590

#905e95

#95905e

Split-complementary

#5e9590

#955e7e

#95745e

Tetradic

#5e9590

#5e6395

#955e63

#95905e

Square

#5e9590

#745e95

#955e63

#7e955e

Shades

Color #5e9590 mixed toward black.

#4e7c78

#3f6360

#2f4a48

#1f3230

#101918

Tints

Color #5e9590 mixed toward white.

#76a9a4

#92bab6

#adcbc9

#c8dddb

#e4eeed

Tones

Color #5e9590 mixed toward gray.

#63908c

#678c88

#6c8785

#708381

#757e7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a91 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#767292 · ΔE 27.6

Tritanopia

#629292 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e9590;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e9590]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5e9590 (#5e9590) is rgb(94, 149, 144) in RGB.

No, #5e9590 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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