#5aa3c0

Color #5aa3c0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 15.52 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa3c0

RGB

rgb(90, 163, 192)

HSL

hsl(197.1, 44.7%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.1, 53.1%, 75.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 24.7%)

LAB

lab(63.48, -14.63, -21.91)

LCH

lch(63.48, 26.35, 236.27)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0845, 226.01)

HWB

hwb(197.1, 35.3%, 24.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0775a

Analogous

#5ac0aa

#5aa3c0

#5a70c0

Triadic

#5aa3c0

#c05aa3

#a3c05a

Split-complementary

#5aa3c0

#c05a70

#c0aa5a

Tetradic

#5aa3c0

#775ac0

#c0775a

#a3c05a

Square

#5aa3c0

#aa5ac0

#c0775a

#70c05a

Shades

Color #5aa3c0 mixed toward black.

#418caa

#347088

#275466

#1a3844

#0d1c22

Tints

Color #5aa3c0 mixed toward white.

#76b2ca

#91c2d5

#add1df

#c8e0ea

#e4f0f4

Tones

Color #5aa3c0 mixed toward gray.

#639fb7

#6b9caf

#7498a6

#7c949e

#859196

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081ba · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#7c76b8 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#5fb4b3 · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa3c0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa3c0]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5aa3c0 (#5aa3c0) is rgb(90, 163, 192) in RGB.

No, #5aa3c0 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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