#5b8a90

Color #5b8a90

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.63 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8a90

RGB

rgb(91, 138, 144)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 22.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 36.8%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(54.46, -14.29, -8.27)

LCH

lch(54.46, 16.51, 210.06)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0517, 206.07)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 35.7%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90615b

Analogous

#5b907c

#5b8a90

#5b7090

Triadic

#5b8a90

#905b8a

#8a905b

Split-complementary

#5b8a90

#905b70

#907c5b

Tetradic

#5b8a90

#615b90

#90615b

#8a905b

Square

#5b8a90

#7c5b90

#90615b

#70905b

Shades

Color #5b8a90 mixed toward black.

#4c7378

#3d5c60

#2d4548

#1e2e30

#0f1718

Tints

Color #5b8a90 mixed toward white.

#73a0a6

#8fb3b8

#abc6ca

#c7d9dc

#e3eced

Tones

Color #5b8a90 mixed toward gray.

#5f878c

#648387

#688083

#6d7c7e

#71797a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#72738f · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#706c8e · ΔE 24.4

Tritanopia

#5e8d8d · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 15.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8a90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8a90]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b8a90 (#5b8a90) is rgb(91, 138, 144) in RGB.

No, #5b8a90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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