#5a7172

Color #5a7172

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.96 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5a7172

RGB

rgb(90, 113, 114)

HSL

hsl(182.5, 11.8%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.5, 21.1%, 44.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 55.3%)

LAB

lab(45.9, -8.18, -3.35)

LCH

lch(45.9, 8.84, 202.27)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0272, 199.57)

HWB

hwb(182.5, 35.3%, 55.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#725b5a

Analogous

#5a7267

#5a7172

#5a6572

Triadic

#5a7172

#725a71

#71725a

Split-complementary

#5a7172

#725a65

#72675a

Tetradic

#5a7172

#5b5a72

#725b5a

#71725a

Square

#5a7172

#675a72

#725b5a

#65725a

Shades

Color #5a7172 mixed toward black.

#4b5e5f

#3c4b4c

#2d3939

#1e2626

#0f1313

Tints

Color #5a7172 mixed toward white.

#708d8f

#8da4a5

#a9bbbc

#c6d2d2

#e2e8e9

Tones

Color #5a7172 mixed toward gray.

#5c6f70

#5e6d6e

#606c6c

#626a6a

#646868

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656572 · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#636272 · ΔE 15.5

Tritanopia

#5b7272 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 9.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a7172;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a7172]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#5a7172 (#5a7172) is rgb(90, 113, 114) in RGB.

No, #5a7172 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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