#5b8582

Color #5b8582

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.7 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8582

RGB

rgb(91, 133, 130)

HSL

hsl(175.7, 18.8%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.7, 31.6%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 0%, 2.3%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(52.52, -15.13, -3.03)

LCH

lch(52.52, 15.43, 191.32)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0467, 190.37)

HWB

hwb(175.7, 35.7%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#855b5e

Analogous

#5b856d

#5b8582

#5b7385

Triadic

#5b8582

#825b85

#85825b

Split-complementary

#5b8582

#855b73

#856d5b

Tetradic

#5b8582

#5b5e85

#855b5e

#85825b

Square

#5b8582

#6d5b85

#855b5e

#73855b

Shades

Color #5b8582 mixed toward black.

#4c6f6c

#3d5957

#2d4241

#1e2c2b

#0f1616

Tints

Color #5b8582 mixed toward white.

#719e9b

#8eb2af

#aac5c3

#c6d8d7

#e3eceb

Tones

Color #5b8582 mixed toward gray.

#5e817f

#627e7c

#657a79

#697776

#6c7373

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#707083 · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#6d6a83 · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#5e8383 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8582;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8582]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b8582 (#5b8582) is rgb(91, 133, 130) in RGB.

No, #5b8582 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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