#5e959a

Color #5e959a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5e959a

RGB

rgb(94, 149, 154)

HSL

hsl(185, 24.2%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 39%, 60.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(39%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%)

LAB

lab(58.23, -16.77, -8.37)

LCH

lch(58.23, 18.74, 206.52)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0585, 203.15)

HWB

hwb(185, 36.9%, 39.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9a635e

Analogous

#5e9a81

#5e959a

#5e779a

Triadic

#5e959a

#9a5e95

#959a5e

Split-complementary

#5e959a

#9a5e77

#9a815e

Tetradic

#5e959a

#635e9a

#9a635e

#959a5e

Square

#5e959a

#815e9a

#9a635e

#779a5e

Shades

Color #5e959a mixed toward black.

#4e7c80

#3f6367

#2f4a4d

#1f3233

#10191a

Tints

Color #5e959a mixed toward white.

#77a8ac

#92b9bd

#aecbcd

#c9dcde

#e4eeee

Tones

Color #5e959a mixed toward gray.

#639195

#688d90

#6d888b

#728486

#778081

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a99 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#767299 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#629898 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e959a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e959a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5e959a (#5e959a) is rgb(94, 149, 154) in RGB.

No, #5e959a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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