#539f97

Color #539f97

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.31 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#539f97

RGB

rgb(83, 159, 151)

HSL

hsl(173.7, 31.4%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.7, 47.8%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.8%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(60.66, -25.57, -3.12)

LCH

lch(60.66, 25.76, 186.96)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0768, 186.58)

HWB

hwb(173.7, 32.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f535b

Analogous

#539f71

#539f97

#53819f

Triadic

#539f97

#97539f

#9f9753

Split-complementary

#539f97

#9f5381

#9f7153

Tetradic

#539f97

#535b9f

#9f535b

#9f9753

Square

#539f97

#71539f

#9f535b

#819f53

Shades

Color #539f97 mixed toward black.

#45857e

#376a65

#2a504c

#1c3532

#0e1b19

Tints

Color #539f97 mixed toward white.

#6cb2ab

#8ac2bc

#a7d1cd

#c4e0dd

#e2f0ee

Tones

Color #539f97 mixed toward gray.

#599992

#60928d

#668c88

#6c8683

#737f7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7c99 · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#777199 · ΔE 30.8

Tritanopia

#599b9b · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #539f97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#539f97]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#539f97 (#539f97) is rgb(83, 159, 151) in RGB.

No, #539f97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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