#5b8e95

Color #5b8e95

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b8e95

RGB

rgb(91, 142, 149)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 24.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 38.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(55.83, -15.15, -9.12)

LCH

lch(55.83, 17.68, 211.05)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0555, 206.8)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 35.7%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95625b

Analogous

#5b957f

#5b8e95

#5b7195

Triadic

#5b8e95

#955b8e

#8e955b

Split-complementary

#5b8e95

#955b71

#957f5b

Tetradic

#5b8e95

#625b95

#95625b

#8e955b

Square

#5b8e95

#7f5b95

#95625b

#71955b

Shades

Color #5b8e95 mixed toward black.

#4c767c

#3d5f63

#2e474b

#1e2f32

#0f1819

Tints

Color #5b8e95 mixed toward white.

#73a3aa

#8fb6bb

#abc8cc

#c7dadd

#e3edee

Tones

Color #5b8e95 mixed toward gray.

#608b90

#65878b

#6a8387

#6e7f82

#737c7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#757593 · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#726d93 · ΔE 25.3

Tritanopia

#5e9292 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b8e95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b8e95]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b8e95 (#5b8e95) is rgb(91, 142, 149) in RGB.

No, #5b8e95 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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