#5aa8ae

Color #5aa8ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5aa8ae

RGB

rgb(90, 168, 174)

HSL

hsl(184.3, 34.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.3, 48.3%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(64.35, -22.36, -10.54)

LCH

lch(64.35, 24.72, 205.24)

OKLCH

oklch(68.4%, 0.0775, 202.06)

HWB

hwb(184.3, 35.3%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae605a

Analogous

#5aae8a

#5aa8ae

#5a7eae

Triadic

#5aa8ae

#ae5aa8

#a8ae5a

Split-complementary

#5aa8ae

#ae5a7e

#ae8a5a

Tetradic

#5aa8ae

#605aae

#ae605a

#a8ae5a

Square

#5aa8ae

#8a5aae

#ae605a

#7eae5a

Shades

Color #5aa8ae mixed toward black.

#498e94

#3a7276

#2c5559

#1d393b

#0f1c1e

Tints

Color #5aa8ae mixed toward white.

#76b6bc

#91c5c9

#add3d7

#c8e2e4

#e4f0f2

Tones

Color #5aa8ae mixed toward gray.

#61a2a7

#689ca0

#6f9699

#769092

#7d8a8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384ad · ΔE 26

Deuteranopia

#7f78ac · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#60abab · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5aa8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5aa8ae]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5aa8ae (#5aa8ae) is rgb(90, 168, 174) in RGB.

No, #5aa8ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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