#5e9798

Color #5e9798

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 2.9 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5e9798

RGB

rgb(94, 151, 152)

HSL

hsl(181, 23.6%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181, 38.2%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(58.77, -18.35, -6.43)

LCH

lch(58.77, 19.44, 199.31)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0599, 197.19)

HWB

hwb(181, 36.9%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#985f5e

Analogous

#5e987c

#5e9798

#5e7a98

Triadic

#5e9798

#985e97

#97985e

Split-complementary

#5e9798

#985e7a

#987c5e

Tetradic

#5e9798

#5f5e98

#985f5e

#97985e

Square

#5e9798

#7c5e98

#985f5e

#7a985e

Shades

Color #5e9798 mixed toward black.

#4e7e7f

#3f6565

#2f4b4c

#1f3233

#101919

Tints

Color #5e9798 mixed toward white.

#77aaab

#92bbbc

#adcccd

#c9dddd

#e4eeee

Tones

Color #5e9798 mixed toward gray.

#639293

#688e8e

#6c8989

#718485

#768080

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b98 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#777398 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#629898 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e9798;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e9798]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#5e9798 (#5e9798) is rgb(94, 151, 152) in RGB.

No, #5e9798 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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