#5bb2a6

Color #5bb2a6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.48 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5bb2a6

RGB

rgb(91, 178, 166)

HSL

hsl(171.7, 36.1%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.7, 48.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(67.14, -29.21, -1.95)

LCH

lch(67.14, 29.28, 183.82)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0864, 183.78)

HWB

hwb(171.7, 35.7%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b25b67

Analogous

#5bb27a

#5bb2a6

#5b92b2

Triadic

#5bb2a6

#a65bb2

#b2a65b

Split-complementary

#5bb2a6

#b25b92

#b27a5b

Tetradic

#5bb2a6

#5b67b2

#b25b67

#b2a65b

Square

#5bb2a6

#7a5bb2

#b25b67

#92b25b

Shades

Color #5bb2a6 mixed toward black.

#48988d

#397a71

#2b5b55

#1d3d38

#0e1e1c

Tints

Color #5bb2a6 mixed toward white.

#76bfb5

#92ccc4

#add8d2

#c8e5e1

#e4f2f0

Tones

Color #5bb2a6 mixed toward gray.

#62aba1

#69a39b

#719c96

#789591

#7f8e8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898aa9 · ΔE 28.4

Deuteranopia

#847daa · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#62abac · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bb2a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bb2a6]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5bb2a6 (#5bb2a6) is rgb(91, 178, 166) in RGB.

No, #5bb2a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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