#599b98

Color #599b98

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.48 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#599b98

RGB

rgb(89, 155, 152)

HSL

hsl(177.3, 27%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177.3, 42.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(59.74, -21.77, -5.02)

LCH

lch(59.74, 22.34, 192.99)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0678, 191.82)

HWB

hwb(177.3, 34.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b595c

Analogous

#599b77

#599b98

#597d9b

Triadic

#599b98

#98599b

#9b9859

Split-complementary

#599b98

#9b597d

#9b7759

Tetradic

#599b98

#595c9b

#9b595c

#9b9859

Square

#599b98

#77599b

#9b595c

#7d9b59

Shades

Color #599b98 mixed toward black.

#4a817f

#3b6765

#2c4d4c

#1e3433

#0f1a19

Tints

Color #599b98 mixed toward white.

#72aeab

#8ebebc

#aacecd

#c7dfde

#e3efee

Tones

Color #599b98 mixed toward gray.

#5e9593

#64908e

#698a89

#6f8584

#747f7f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7c99 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#777299 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#5e9999 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #599b98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#599b98]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#599b98 (#599b98) is rgb(89, 155, 152) in RGB.

No, #599b98 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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