#5a8791

Color #5a8791

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8791

RGB

rgb(90, 135, 145)

HSL

hsl(190.9, 23.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.9, 37.9%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(53.54, -12.67, -10.23)

LCH

lch(53.54, 16.28, 218.92)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.0514, 213.16)

HWB

hwb(190.9, 35.3%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#91645a

Analogous

#5a9180

#5a8791

#5a6c91

Triadic

#5a8791

#915a87

#87915a

Split-complementary

#5a8791

#915a6c

#91805a

Tetradic

#5a8791

#645a91

#91645a

#87915a

Square

#5a8791

#805a91

#91645a

#6c915a

Shades

Color #5a8791 mixed toward black.

#4b7179

#3c5a61

#2d4449

#1e2d30

#0f1718

Tints

Color #5a8791 mixed toward white.

#729ea7

#8eb1b9

#aac5ca

#c6d8dc

#e3eced

Tones

Color #5a8791 mixed toward gray.

#5f848c

#638188

#687e83

#6c7b7f

#71787a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70718f · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#6e6a8e · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#5d8d8c · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8791;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8791]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5a8791 (#5a8791) is rgb(90, 135, 145) in RGB.

No, #5a8791 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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