#57b5c0

Color #57b5c0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#57b5c0

RGB

rgb(87, 181, 192)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 45.5%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 54.7%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(68.66, -24.62, -14.07)

LCH

lch(68.66, 28.36, 209.75)

OKLCH

oklch(72%, 0.0899, 205.62)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 34.1%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c06257

Analogous

#57c097

#57b5c0

#5780c0

Triadic

#57b5c0

#c057b5

#b5c057

Split-complementary

#57b5c0

#c05780

#c09757

Tetradic

#57b5c0

#6257c0

#c06257

#b5c057

Square

#57b5c0

#9757c0

#c06257

#80c057

Shades

Color #57b5c0 mixed toward black.

#3f9ea9

#337e87

#265f65

#193f44

#0d2022

Tints

Color #57b5c0 mixed toward white.

#73c1cb

#8fced5

#abdae0

#c7e6ea

#e3f3f5

Tones

Color #57b5c0 mixed toward gray.

#60aeb7

#68a7af

#71a0a6

#7a999d

#839294

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bbd · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#857dbd · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#5fbbbb · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #57b5c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#57b5c0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#57b5c0 (#57b5c0) is rgb(87, 181, 192) in RGB.

No, #57b5c0 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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