#5b957f

Color #5b957f

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.39 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b957f

RGB

rgb(91, 149, 127)

HSL

hsl(157.2, 24.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(157.2, 38.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 14.8%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(57.32, -24.23, 5.68)

LCH

lch(57.32, 24.89, 166.81)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.07, 167.97)

HWB

hwb(157.2, 35.7%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#955b71

Analogous

#5b9562

#5b957f

#5b8e95

Triadic

#5b957f

#7f5b95

#957f5b

Split-complementary

#5b957f

#955b8e

#95625b

Tetradic

#5b957f

#5b7195

#955b71

#957f5b

Square

#5b957f

#625b95

#955b71

#8e955b

Shades

Color #5b957f mixed toward black.

#4c7c6a

#3d6355

#2e4b40

#1e322a

#0f1915

Tints

Color #5b957f mixed toward white.

#73aa95

#8fbbaa

#abccbf

#c7ddd5

#e3eeea

Tones

Color #5b957f mixed toward gray.

#60907e

#658b7d

#6a877c

#6e827a

#737d79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#787985 · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#757086 · ΔE 29.5

Tritanopia

#5f898a · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b957f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b957f]

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Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#5b957f (#5b957f) is rgb(91, 149, 127) in RGB.

No, #5b957f 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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