#5497ae

Color #5497ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5497ae

RGB

rgb(84, 151, 174)

HSL

hsl(195.3, 35.7%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.3, 51.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(59.04, -14.79, -18.58)

LCH

lch(59.04, 23.75, 231.48)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0762, 222.4)

HWB

hwb(195.3, 32.9%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae6b54

Analogous

#54ae98

#5497ae

#546aae

Triadic

#5497ae

#ae5497

#97ae54

Split-complementary

#5497ae

#ae546a

#ae9854

Tetradic

#5497ae

#6b54ae

#ae6b54

#97ae54

Square

#5497ae

#9854ae

#ae6b54

#6aae54

Shades

Color #5497ae mixed toward black.

#457e92

#376575

#294c58

#1c333a

#0e191d

Tints

Color #5497ae mixed toward white.

#71a8bc

#8dbac9

#aacbd7

#c6dce4

#e3eef2

Tones

Color #5497ae mixed toward gray.

#5c93a7

#63909f

#6b8c98

#728890

#7a8589

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778a9 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#736ea8 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#59a5a4 · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 17.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5497ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5497ae]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5497ae (#5497ae) is rgb(84, 151, 174) in RGB.

No, #5497ae 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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