#5b8ca4

Color #5b8ca4

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8ca4

RGB

rgb(91, 140, 164)

HSL

hsl(199.7, 28.6%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.7, 44.5%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(55.74, -9.93, -17.86)

LCH

lch(55.74, 20.43, 240.93)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0641, 230.32)

HWB

hwb(199.7, 35.7%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4735b

Analogous

#5ba497

#5b8ca4

#5b68a4

Triadic

#5b8ca4

#a45b8c

#8ca45b

Split-complementary

#5b8ca4

#a45b68

#a4975b

Tetradic

#5b8ca4

#735ba4

#a4735b

#8ca45b

Square

#5b8ca4

#975ba4

#a4735b

#68a45b

Shades

Color #5b8ca4 mixed toward black.

#4c7589

#3d5d6d

#2e4652

#1e2f37

#0f171b

Tints

Color #5b8ca4 mixed toward white.

#769fb3

#92b2c2

#adc6d1

#c8d9e1

#e4ecf0

Tones

Color #5b8ca4 mixed toward gray.

#618a9e

#678898

#6d8692

#73848c

#798286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#73749f · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#716d9d · ΔE 19.7

Tritanopia

#5e9a99 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 15.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8ca4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8ca4]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5b8ca4 (#5b8ca4) is rgb(91, 140, 164) in RGB.

No, #5b8ca4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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