#518e9c

Color #518e9c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#518e9c

RGB

rgb(81, 142, 156)

HSL

hsl(191.2, 31.6%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.2, 48.1%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.1%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(55.58, -15.84, -13.56)

LCH

lch(55.58, 20.85, 220.57)

OKLCH

oklch(61.1%, 0.0666, 214.17)

HWB

hwb(191.2, 31.8%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c5f51

Analogous

#519c85

#518e9c

#51699c

Triadic

#518e9c

#9c518e

#8e9c51

Split-complementary

#518e9c

#9c5169

#9c8551

Tetradic

#518e9c

#5f519c

#9c5f51

#8e9c51

Square

#518e9c

#85519c

#9c5f51

#699c51

Shades

Color #518e9c mixed toward black.

#447682

#365f68

#29474e

#1b2f34

#0e181a

Tints

Color #518e9c mixed toward white.

#69a4b1

#87b6c1

#a5c8d0

#c3dbe0

#e1edef

Tones

Color #518e9c mixed toward gray.

#578a96

#5e8690

#648289

#6a7e83

#707a7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717199 · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#6d6898 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#559696 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #518e9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#518e9c]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#518e9c (#518e9c) is rgb(81, 142, 156) in RGB.

No, #518e9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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