#5b9fa8

Color #5b9fa8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.05 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b9fa8

RGB

rgb(91, 159, 168)

HSL

hsl(187, 30.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 45.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.52, -19.09, -11.41)

LCH

lch(61.52, 22.24, 210.87)

OKLCH

oklch(66.1%, 0.0702, 206.57)

HWB

hwb(187, 35.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8645b

Analogous

#5ba88b

#5b9fa8

#5b79a8

Triadic

#5b9fa8

#a85b9f

#9fa85b

Split-complementary

#5b9fa8

#a85b79

#a88b5b

Tetradic

#5b9fa8

#645ba8

#a8645b

#9fa85b

Square

#5b9fa8

#8b5ba8

#a8645b

#79a85b

Shades

Color #5b9fa8 mixed toward black.

#4b858d

#3c6b71

#2d5055

#1e3538

#0f1b1c

Tints

Color #5b9fa8 mixed toward white.

#76afb7

#92bfc5

#adcfd4

#c8dfe2

#e4eff1

Tones

Color #5b9fa8 mixed toward gray.

#619aa2

#68959b

#6e9095

#758b8e

#7b8688

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7fa6 · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#7a75a5 · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#60a4a4 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b9fa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b9fa8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5b9fa8 (#5b9fa8) is rgb(91, 159, 168) in RGB.

No, #5b9fa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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