#5fa7b5

Color #5fa7b5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.63 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa7b5

RGB

rgb(95, 167, 181)

HSL

hsl(189.8, 36.8%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.8, 47.5%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(64.49, -18.75, -14.22)

LCH

lch(64.49, 23.53, 217.18)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.075, 211.53)

HWB

hwb(189.8, 37.3%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b56d5f

Analogous

#5fb598

#5fa7b5

#5f7cb5

Triadic

#5fa7b5

#b55fa7

#a7b55f

Split-complementary

#5fa7b5

#b55f7c

#b5985f

Tetradic

#5fa7b5

#6d5fb5

#b56d5f

#a7b55f

Square

#5fa7b5

#985fb5

#b56d5f

#7cb55f

Shades

Color #5fa7b5 mixed toward black.

#498f9d

#3a737e

#2c565e

#1d393f

#0f1d1f

Tints

Color #5fa7b5 mixed toward white.

#7ab6c1

#94c4ce

#afd3da

#cae2e6

#e4f0f3

Tones

Color #5fa7b5 mixed toward gray.

#66a2ae

#6d9da7

#74989f

#7c9498

#838f91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485b2 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#807ab1 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#64afaf · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa7b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa7b5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5fa7b5 (#5fa7b5) is rgb(95, 167, 181) in RGB.

No, #5fa7b5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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