#5899ae

Color #5899ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5899ae

RGB

rgb(88, 153, 174)

HSL

hsl(194.7, 34.7%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.7, 49.4%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(59.81, -14.94, -17.39)

LCH

lch(59.81, 22.93, 229.33)

OKLCH

oklch(64.8%, 0.0734, 220.91)

HWB

hwb(194.7, 34.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae6d58

Analogous

#58ae98

#5899ae

#586eae

Triadic

#5899ae

#ae5899

#99ae58

Split-complementary

#5899ae

#ae586e

#ae9858

Tetradic

#5899ae

#6d58ae

#ae6d58

#99ae58

Square

#5899ae

#9858ae

#ae6d58

#6eae58

Shades

Color #5899ae mixed toward black.

#478193

#396776

#2b4d58

#1d333b

#0e1a1d

Tints

Color #5899ae mixed toward white.

#74aabc

#90bbc9

#acccd7

#c7dde4

#e3eef2

Tones

Color #5899ae mixed toward gray.

#5f95a7

#6692a0

#6e8e99

#758a91

#7c878a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7aa9 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#7671a8 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#5da5a4 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5899ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5899ae]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5899ae (#5899ae) is rgb(88, 153, 174) in RGB.

No, #5899ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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