#5a9196

Color #5a9196

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.39 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#5a9196

RGB

rgb(90, 145, 150)

HSL

hsl(185, 25%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185, 40%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 3.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(56.71, -16.77, -8.38)

LCH

lch(56.71, 18.75, 206.55)

OKLCH

oklch(62%, 0.0585, 203.15)

HWB

hwb(185, 35.3%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#965f5a

Analogous

#5a967d

#5a9196

#5a7396

Triadic

#5a9196

#965a91

#91965a

Split-complementary

#5a9196

#965a73

#967d5a

Tetradic

#5a9196

#5f5a96

#965f5a

#91965a

Square

#5a9196

#7d5a96

#965f5a

#73965a

Shades

Color #5a9196 mixed toward black.

#4b797d

#3c6164

#2d494b

#1e3032

#0f1819

Tints

Color #5a9196 mixed toward white.

#72a6ab

#8fb8bc

#abcacc

#c7dbdd

#e3edee

Tones

Color #5a9196 mixed toward gray.

#5f8d91

#64898c

#698587

#6e8082

#737c7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767695 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#736e95 · ΔE 26.3

Tritanopia

#5e9494 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a9196;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a9196]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5a9196 (#5a9196) is rgb(90, 145, 150) in RGB.

No, #5a9196 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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