#5aa39e

Color #5aa39e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa39e

RGB

rgb(90, 163, 158)

HSL

hsl(175.9, 28.9%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.9, 44.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(62.37, -24.05, -4.52)

LCH

lch(62.37, 24.47, 190.64)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0738, 189.83)

HWB

hwb(175.9, 35.3%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a35a5f

Analogous

#5aa379

#5aa39e

#5a83a3

Triadic

#5aa39e

#9e5aa3

#a39e5a

Split-complementary

#5aa39e

#a35a83

#a3795a

Tetradic

#5aa39e

#5a5fa3

#a35a5f

#a39e5a

Square

#5aa39e

#795aa3

#a35a5f

#83a35a

Shades

Color #5aa39e mixed toward black.

#4b8884

#3c6d69

#2d524f

#1e3635

#0f1b1a

Tints

Color #5aa39e mixed toward white.

#75b3af

#91c2bf

#acd1cf

#c8e1df

#e3f0ef

Tones

Color #5aa39e mixed toward gray.

#609d99

#669794

#6c918e

#728b89

#788584

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#80819f · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#7c76a0 · ΔE 30

Tritanopia

#5fa0a0 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa39e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa39e]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5aa39e (#5aa39e) is rgb(90, 163, 158) in RGB.

No, #5aa39e 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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