#5a8888

Color #5a8888

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8888

RGB

rgb(90, 136, 136)

HSL

hsl(180, 20.4%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 33.8%, 53.3%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(53.56, -15.56, -4.99)

LCH

lch(53.56, 16.34, 197.78)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0501, 195.87)

HWB

hwb(180, 35.3%, 46.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#885a5a

Analogous

#5a8871

#5a8888

#5a7188

Triadic

#5a8888

#885a88

#88885a

Split-complementary

#5a8888

#885a71

#88715a

Tetradic

#5a8888

#5a5a88

#885a5a

#88885a

Square

#5a8888

#715a88

#885a5a

#71885a

Shades

Color #5a8888 mixed toward black.

#4b7171

#3c5b5b

#2d4444

#1e2d2d

#0f1717

Tints

Color #5a8888 mixed toward white.

#70a1a1

#8db4b4

#a9c6c6

#c6d9d9

#e2ecec

Tones

Color #5a8888 mixed toward gray.

#5e8484

#628080

#657c7c

#697979

#6d7575

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

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

#717188 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#6e6a88 · ΔE 25.3

Tritanopia

#5d8888 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8888;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8888]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#5a8888 (#5a8888) is rgb(90, 136, 136) in RGB.

No, #5a8888 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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