#5a8896

Color #5a8896

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.9 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8896

RGB

rgb(90, 136, 150)

HSL

hsl(194, 25%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194, 40%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 9.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(54.01, -11.87, -12.43)

LCH

lch(54.01, 17.19, 226.32)

OKLCH

oklch(59.9%, 0.0543, 218.94)

HWB

hwb(194, 35.3%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#96685a

Analogous

#5a9686

#5a8896

#5a6a96

Triadic

#5a8896

#965a88

#88965a

Split-complementary

#5a8896

#965a6a

#96865a

Tetradic

#5a8896

#685a96

#96685a

#88965a

Square

#5a8896

#865a96

#96685a

#6a965a

Shades

Color #5a8896 mixed toward black.

#4b717d

#3c5b64

#2d444b

#1e2d32

#0f1719

Tints

Color #5a8896 mixed toward white.

#729eab

#8fb1bc

#abc5cc

#c7d8dd

#e3ecee

Tones

Color #5a8896 mixed toward gray.

#5f8591

#64838c

#698087

#6e7d82

#737b7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#717193 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#6e6a92 · ΔE 22.3

Tritanopia

#5d9090 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8896;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8896]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5a8896 (#5a8896) is rgb(90, 136, 150) in RGB.

No, #5a8896 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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