#5b827e

Color #5b827e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.14 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b827e

RGB

rgb(91, 130, 126)

HSL

hsl(173.8, 17.6%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.8, 30%, 51%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 0%, 3.1%, 49%)

LAB

lab(51.49, -14.48, -2.21)

LCH

lch(51.49, 14.65, 188.68)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.0439, 188.11)

HWB

hwb(173.8, 35.7%, 49%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#825b5f

Analogous

#5b826a

#5b827e

#5b7282

Triadic

#5b827e

#7e5b82

#827e5b

Split-complementary

#5b827e

#825b72

#826a5b

Tetradic

#5b827e

#5b5f82

#825b5f

#827e5b

Square

#5b827e

#6a5b82

#825b5f

#72825b

Shades

Color #5b827e mixed toward black.

#4c6c69

#3d5754

#2d413f

#1e2b2a

#0f1615

Tints

Color #5b827e mixed toward white.

#719c97

#8eb0ac

#aac3c1

#c6d7d6

#e3ebea

Tones

Color #5b827e mixed toward gray.

#5e7f7b

#617b79

#657876

#687574

#6b7271

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e7f · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#6c697f · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#5d8080 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b827e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b827e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b827e (#5b827e) is rgb(91, 130, 126) in RGB.

No, #5b827e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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