#5b8b6f

Color #5b8b6f

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 19.02 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8b6f

RGB

rgb(91, 139, 111)

HSL

hsl(145, 20.9%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(145, 34.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 20.1%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(53.85, -22.64, 9.89)

LCH

lch(53.85, 24.71, 156.4)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0677, 157.98)

HWB

hwb(145, 35.7%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b5b77

Analogous

#5f8b5b

#5b8b6f

#5b8b87

Triadic

#5b8b6f

#6f5b8b

#8b6f5b

Split-complementary

#5b8b6f

#875b8b

#8b5b5f

Tetradic

#5b8b6f

#5b778b

#8b5b77

#8b6f5b

Square

#5b8b6f

#5b5f8b

#8b5b77

#8b875b

Shades

Color #5b8b6f mixed toward black.

#4c745c

#3d5d4a

#2d4637

#1e2e25

#0f1712

Tints

Color #5b8b6f mixed toward white.

#72a386

#8eb59e

#aac8b7

#c7dacf

#e3ede7

Tones

Color #5b8b6f mixed toward gray.

#5f8770

#638370

#677f71

#6b7b72

#6f7772

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737377 · ΔE 21.8

Deuteranopia

#706c78 · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#5e7c7d · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 19.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8b6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8b6f]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b8b6f (#5b8b6f) is rgb(91, 139, 111) in RGB.

No, #5b8b6f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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