#57aeb9

Color #57aeb9

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#57aeb9

RGB

rgb(87, 174, 185)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 41.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 53%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(53%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(66.37, -23.05, -13.65)

LCH

lch(66.37, 26.79, 210.63)

OKLCH

oklch(70.1%, 0.085, 206.32)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 34.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b96257

Analogous

#57b993

#57aeb9

#577db9

Triadic

#57aeb9

#b957ae

#aeb957

Split-complementary

#57aeb9

#b9577d

#b99357

Tetradic

#57aeb9

#6257b9

#b96257

#aeb957

Square

#57aeb9

#9357b9

#b96257

#7db957

Shades

Color #57aeb9 mixed toward black.

#4396a0

#357880

#285a60

#1b3c40

#0d1e20

Tints

Color #57aeb9 mixed toward white.

#73bcc5

#8fc9d0

#abd7dc

#c7e4e8

#e3f2f3

Tones

Color #57aeb9 mixed toward gray.

#5fa8b1

#67a1a9

#6f9ba0

#789598

#808e90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686b6 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#817ab6 · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#5eb4b4 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #57aeb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#57aeb9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#57aeb9 (#57aeb9) is rgb(87, 174, 185) in RGB.

No, #57aeb9 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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