#5a8388

Color #5a8388

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8388

RGB

rgb(90, 131, 136)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 20.4%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 33.8%, 53.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 46.7%)

LAB

lab(52.04, -12.82, -7.24)

LCH

lch(52.04, 14.72, 209.46)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.046, 205.51)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 35.3%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#885f5a

Analogous

#5a8876

#5a8388

#5a6c88

Triadic

#5a8388

#885a83

#83885a

Split-complementary

#5a8388

#885a6c

#88765a

Tetradic

#5a8388

#5f5a88

#885f5a

#83885a

Square

#5a8388

#765a88

#885f5a

#6c885a

Shades

Color #5a8388 mixed toward black.

#4b6d71

#3c575b

#2d4244

#1e2c2d

#0f1617

Tints

Color #5a8388 mixed toward white.

#709ca1

#8dafb4

#a9c3c6

#c6d7d9

#e2ebec

Tones

Color #5a8388 mixed toward gray.

#5e8084

#627d80

#657a7c

#697779

#6d7475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e87 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6887 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#5d8686 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8388;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8388]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5a8388 (#5a8388) is rgb(90, 131, 136) in RGB.

No, #5a8388 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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