#5a8b86

Color #5a8b86

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.54 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8b86

RGB

rgb(90, 139, 134)

HSL

hsl(173.9, 21.4%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.9, 35.3%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(54.41, -17.67, -2.58)

LCH

lch(54.41, 17.86, 188.31)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0536, 187.72)

HWB

hwb(173.9, 35.3%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b5a5f

Analogous

#5a8b6e

#5a8b86

#5a778b

Triadic

#5a8b86

#865a8b

#8b865a

Split-complementary

#5a8b86

#8b5a77

#8b6e5a

Tetradic

#5a8b86

#5a5f8b

#8b5a5f

#8b865a

Square

#5a8b86

#6e5a8b

#8b5a5f

#778b5a

Shades

Color #5a8b86 mixed toward black.

#4b7470

#3c5d59

#2d4543

#1e2e2d

#0f1716

Tints

Color #5a8b86 mixed toward white.

#71a39e

#8db5b1

#aac8c5

#c6dad8

#e3edec

Tones

Color #5a8b86 mixed toward gray.

#5e8783

#628380

#667f7c

#6a7b79

#6e7776

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727387 · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#706c88 · ΔE 26.4

Tritanopia

#5d8888 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 16.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8b86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8b86]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5a8b86 (#5a8b86) is rgb(90, 139, 134) in RGB.

No, #5a8b86 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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