#558e86

Color #558e86

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#558e86

RGB

rgb(85, 142, 134)

HSL

hsl(171.6, 25.1%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.6, 40.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(55.07, -20.69, -1.63)

LCH

lch(55.07, 20.75, 184.5)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0615, 184.38)

HWB

hwb(171.6, 33.3%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e555d

Analogous

#558e69

#558e86

#55798e

Triadic

#558e86

#86558e

#8e8655

Split-complementary

#558e86

#8e5579

#8e6955

Tetradic

#558e86

#555d8e

#8e555d

#8e8655

Square

#558e86

#69558e

#8e555d

#798e55

Shades

Color #558e86 mixed toward black.

#477670

#395f59

#2a4743

#1c2f2d

#0e1816

Tints

Color #558e86 mixed toward white.

#6ba79e

#89b8b2

#a6cac5

#c4dcd8

#e1edec

Tones

Color #558e86 mixed toward gray.

#5a8983

#5e847f

#63807c

#687b78

#6d7675

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727388 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#6f6a88 · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#598a8a · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #558e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#558e86]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#558e86 (#558e86) is rgb(85, 142, 134) in RGB.

No, #558e86 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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