#599caa

Color #599caa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.9 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#599caa

RGB

rgb(89, 156, 170)

HSL

hsl(190.4, 32.3%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.4, 47.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(60.61, -17.44, -13.92)

LCH

lch(60.61, 22.31, 218.6)

OKLCH

oklch(65.4%, 0.0712, 212.66)

HWB

hwb(190.4, 34.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa6759

Analogous

#59aa90

#599caa

#5973aa

Triadic

#599caa

#aa599c

#9caa59

Split-complementary

#599caa

#aa5973

#aa9059

Tetradic

#599caa

#6759aa

#aa6759

#9caa59

Square

#599caa

#9059aa

#aa6759

#73aa59

Shades

Color #599caa mixed toward black.

#49838f

#3a6972

#2c4e56

#1d3439

#0f1a1d

Tints

Color #599caa mixed toward white.

#75adb8

#90bdc6

#acced5

#c8dee3

#e3eff1

Tones

Color #599caa mixed toward gray.

#6098a3

#67939d

#6d8f96

#748a8f

#7b8688

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ca7 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#7872a6 · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#5ea4a4 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 17.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #599caa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#599caa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#599caa (#599caa) is rgb(89, 156, 170) in RGB.

No, #599caa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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