#5fa3a9

Color #5fa3a9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.02 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa3a9

RGB

rgb(95, 163, 169)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 30.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 43.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(62.92, -19.92, -9.86)

LCH

lch(62.92, 22.23, 206.33)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0695, 202.95)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 37.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9655f

Analogous

#5fa98a

#5fa3a9

#5f7ea9

Triadic

#5fa3a9

#a95fa3

#a3a95f

Split-complementary

#5fa3a9

#a95f7e

#a98a5f

Tetradic

#5fa3a9

#655fa9

#a9655f

#a3a95f

Square

#5fa3a9

#8a5fa9

#a9655f

#7ea95f

Shades

Color #5fa3a9 mixed toward black.

#4d8a8f

#3e6e73

#2e5356

#1f3739

#0f1c1d

Tints

Color #5fa3a9 mixed toward white.

#7ab2b7

#94c2c6

#afd1d4

#cae0e2

#e4f0f1

Tones

Color #5fa3a9 mixed toward gray.

#659ea3

#6b999d

#729497

#788e90

#7e898a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283a8 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#7e79a7 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#64a6a6 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa3a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa3a9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5fa3a9 (#5fa3a9) is rgb(95, 163, 169) in RGB.

No, #5fa3a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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