#5e9fb8

Color #5e9fb8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.32 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e9fb8

RGB

rgb(94, 159, 184)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 38.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 48.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 13.6%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(62.2, -13.89, -19.37)

LCH

lch(62.2, 23.84, 234.36)

OKLCH

oklch(66.9%, 0.0761, 224.79)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 36.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8775e

Analogous

#5eb8a4

#5e9fb8

#5e72b8

Triadic

#5e9fb8

#b85e9f

#9fb85e

Split-complementary

#5e9fb8

#b85e72

#b8a45e

Tetradic

#5e9fb8

#775eb8

#b8775e

#9fb85e

Square

#5e9fb8

#a45eb8

#b8775e

#72b85e

Shades

Color #5e9fb8 mixed toward black.

#4788a1

#396d81

#2b5160

#1c3640

#0e1b20

Tints

Color #5e9fb8 mixed toward white.

#79afc4

#94bfd0

#aecfdb

#c9dfe7

#e4eff3

Tones

Color #5e9fb8 mixed toward gray.

#659cb0

#6d98a9

#7495a1

#7c929a

#838e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80b2 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#7c76b1 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#63aead · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e9fb8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e9fb8]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#5e9fb8 (#5e9fb8) is rgb(94, 159, 184) in RGB.

No, #5e9fb8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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