#5a949d

Color #5a949d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.64 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a949d

RGB

rgb(90, 148, 157)

HSL

hsl(188.1, 27.1%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.1, 42.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(57.83, -16.51, -10.7)

LCH

lch(57.83, 19.67, 212.95)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.0621, 208.26)

HWB

hwb(188.1, 35.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d635a

Analogous

#5a9d84

#5a949d

#5a729d

Triadic

#5a949d

#9d5a94

#949d5a

Split-complementary

#5a949d

#9d5a72

#9d845a

Tetradic

#5a949d

#635a9d

#9d635a

#949d5a

Square

#5a949d

#845a9d

#9d635a

#729d5a

Shades

Color #5a949d mixed toward black.

#4b7b83

#3c6369

#2d4a4e

#1e3134

#0f191a

Tints

Color #5a949d mixed toward white.

#74a7af

#90b9bf

#abcacf

#c7dcdf

#e3edef

Tones

Color #5a949d mixed toward gray.

#609097

#658c92

#6b888c

#708487

#767f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#78789b · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#746f9a · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#5e9999 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a949d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a949d]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#5a949d (#5a949d) is rgb(90, 148, 157) in RGB.

No, #5a949d 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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