#5b9393

Color #5b9393

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.4 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b9393

RGB

rgb(91, 147, 147)

HSL

hsl(180, 23.5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 38.1%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(57.27, -18.35, -5.82)

LCH

lch(57.27, 19.25, 197.6)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.059, 195.73)

HWB

hwb(180, 35.7%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#935b5b

Analogous

#5b9377

#5b9393

#5b7793

Triadic

#5b9393

#935b93

#93935b

Split-complementary

#5b9393

#935b77

#93775b

Tetradic

#5b9393

#5b5b93

#935b5b

#93935b

Square

#5b9393

#775b93

#935b5b

#77935b

Shades

Color #5b9393 mixed toward black.

#4c7b7b

#3d6262

#2e4a4a

#1e3131

#0f1919

Tints

Color #5b9393 mixed toward white.

#73a8a8

#8fbaba

#abcbcb

#c7dcdc

#e3eeee

Tones

Color #5b9393 mixed toward gray.

#608e8e

#648a8a

#698585

#6e8080

#727c7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#777893 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#747093 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#5f9393 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b9393;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b9393]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#5b9393 (#5b9393) is rgb(91, 147, 147) in RGB.

No, #5b9393 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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