#5aa0a8

Color #5aa0a8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa0a8

RGB

rgb(90, 160, 168)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 31%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 46.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.78, -19.86, -11.03)

LCH

lch(61.78, 22.72, 209.05)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0716, 205.13)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 35.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8625a

Analogous

#5aa889

#5aa0a8

#5a79a8

Triadic

#5aa0a8

#a85aa0

#a0a85a

Split-complementary

#5aa0a8

#a85a79

#a8895a

Tetradic

#5aa0a8

#625aa8

#a8625a

#a0a85a

Square

#5aa0a8

#895aa8

#a8625a

#79a85a

Shades

Color #5aa0a8 mixed toward black.

#4a868d

#3b6b71

#2d5055

#1e3638

#0f1b1c

Tints

Color #5aa0a8 mixed toward white.

#75b0b7

#91c0c5

#acd0d4

#c8dfe2

#e3eff1

Tones

Color #5aa0a8 mixed toward gray.

#609ba2

#67969b

#6e9195

#748b8e

#7b8688

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fa6 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#7a75a6 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#5fa5a4 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa0a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa0a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5aa0a8 (#5aa0a8) is rgb(90, 160, 168) in RGB.

No, #5aa0a8 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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