#538e86

Color #538e86

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.51 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#538e86

RGB

rgb(83, 142, 134)

HSL

hsl(171.9, 26.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.9, 41.5%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(54.97, -21.25, -1.78)

LCH

lch(54.97, 21.32, 184.79)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0632, 184.63)

HWB

hwb(171.9, 32.5%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e535b

Analogous

#538e68

#538e86

#53788e

Triadic

#538e86

#86538e

#8e8653

Split-complementary

#538e86

#8e5378

#8e6853

Tetradic

#538e86

#535b8e

#8e535b

#8e8653

Square

#538e86

#68538e

#8e535b

#788e53

Shades

Color #538e86 mixed toward black.

#457670

#375f59

#294743

#1c2f2d

#0e1816

Tints

Color #538e86 mixed toward white.

#69a79f

#87b9b2

#a5cac5

#c3dcd9

#e1edec

Tones

Color #538e86 mixed toward gray.

#588982

#5d847f

#627f7b

#677a78

#6c7574

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717288 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#6e6988 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#578a8a · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #538e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#538e86]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#538e86 (#538e86) is rgb(83, 142, 134) in RGB.

No, #538e86 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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