#5ba0a8

Color #5ba0a8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.6 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5ba0a8

RGB

rgb(91, 160, 168)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 30.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 45.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.82, -19.61, -10.96)

LCH

lch(61.82, 22.46, 209.2)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0708, 205.26)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 35.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8635b

Analogous

#5ba88a

#5ba0a8

#5b7aa8

Triadic

#5ba0a8

#a85ba0

#a0a85b

Split-complementary

#5ba0a8

#a85b7a

#a88a5b

Tetradic

#5ba0a8

#635ba8

#a8635b

#a0a85b

Square

#5ba0a8

#8a5ba8

#a8635b

#7aa85b

Shades

Color #5ba0a8 mixed toward black.

#4b868d

#3c6b71

#2d5155

#1e3638

#0f1b1c

Tints

Color #5ba0a8 mixed toward white.

#76b0b7

#92c0c5

#add0d4

#c8dfe2

#e4eff1

Tones

Color #5ba0a8 mixed toward gray.

#619ba2

#68969b

#6e9195

#758c8e

#7b8788

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fa6 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#7b75a6 · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#60a5a4 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ba0a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ba0a8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5ba0a8 (#5ba0a8) is rgb(91, 160, 168) in RGB.

No, #5ba0a8 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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