#5b7470

Color #5b7470

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.34 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b7470

RGB

rgb(91, 116, 112)

HSL

hsl(170.4, 12.1%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.4, 21.6%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(46.82, -10.02, -0.8)

LCH

lch(46.82, 10.05, 184.56)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0299, 184.41)

HWB

hwb(170.4, 35.7%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#745b5f

Analogous

#5b7464

#5b7470

#5b6c74

Triadic

#5b7470

#705b74

#74705b

Split-complementary

#5b7470

#745b6c

#74645b

Tetradic

#5b7470

#5b5f74

#745b5f

#74705b

Square

#5b7470

#645b74

#745b5f

#6c745b

Shades

Color #5b7470 mixed toward black.

#4c615d

#3d4d4b

#2e3a38

#1e2725

#0f1313

Tints

Color #5b7470 mixed toward white.

#72908b

#8ea6a2

#aabcb9

#c6d3d1

#e3e9e8

Tones

Color #5b7470 mixed toward gray.

#5d726f

#5f706d

#616e6c

#636c6a

#656a69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676771 · ΔE 14.9

Deuteranopia

#656371 · ΔE 17.4

Tritanopia

#5c7272 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b7470;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b7470]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b7470 (#5b7470) is rgb(91, 116, 112) in RGB.

No, #5b7470 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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