#57a9b4

Color #57a9b4

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.26 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#57a9b4

RGB

rgb(87, 169, 180)

HSL

hsl(187.1, 38.3%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.1, 51.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(64.72, -21.89, -13.34)

LCH

lch(64.72, 25.63, 211.36)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.0814, 206.88)

HWB

hwb(187.1, 34.1%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b46257

Analogous

#57b491

#57a9b4

#577bb4

Triadic

#57a9b4

#b457a9

#a9b457

Split-complementary

#57a9b4

#b4577b

#b49157

Tetradic

#57a9b4

#6257b4

#b46257

#a9b457

Square

#57a9b4

#9157b4

#b46257

#7bb457

Shades

Color #57a9b4 mixed toward black.

#45909a

#37737b

#29565c

#1b3a3e

#0e1d1f

Tints

Color #57a9b4 mixed toward white.

#73b7c1

#8fc6cd

#abd4da

#c7e2e6

#e3f1f3

Tones

Color #57a9b4 mixed toward gray.

#5fa3ac

#679da5

#6e979d

#769195

#7e8c8d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383b1 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#7e77b1 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#5dafaf · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #57a9b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#57a9b4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#57a9b4 (#57a9b4) is rgb(87, 169, 180) in RGB.

No, #57a9b4 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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