#5eb5bf

Color #5eb5bf

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.33 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5eb5bf

RGB

rgb(94, 181, 191)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 43.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 50.8%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(68.89, -23.42, -13.15)

LCH

lch(68.89, 26.86, 209.31)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.0849, 205.3)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 36.9%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bf685e

Analogous

#5ebf99

#5eb5bf

#5e85bf

Triadic

#5eb5bf

#bf5eb5

#b5bf5e

Split-complementary

#5eb5bf

#bf5e85

#bf995e

Tetradic

#5eb5bf

#685ebf

#bf685e

#b5bf5e

Square

#5eb5bf

#995ebf

#bf685e

#85bf5e

Shades

Color #5eb5bf mixed toward black.

#449faa

#368088

#296066

#1b4044

#0e2022

Tints

Color #5eb5bf mixed toward white.

#79c1ca

#94ced4

#afdadf

#c9e6ea

#e4f3f4

Tones

Color #5eb5bf mixed toward gray.

#66afb7

#6ea8af

#76a2a7

#7e9b9f

#869597

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8dbd · ΔE 26.1

Deuteranopia

#8780bc · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#65bbba · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5eb5bf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5eb5bf]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5eb5bf (#5eb5bf) is rgb(94, 181, 191) in RGB.

No, #5eb5bf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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