#5bb4ad

Color #5bb4ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5bb4ad

RGB

rgb(91, 180, 173)

HSL

hsl(175.3, 37.2%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.3, 49.4%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(67.93, -28.39, -4.65)

LCH

lch(67.93, 28.77, 189.3)

OKLCH

oklch(71.3%, 0.0864, 188.66)

HWB

hwb(175.3, 35.7%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b45b62

Analogous

#5bb480

#5bb4ad

#5b8eb4

Triadic

#5bb4ad

#ad5bb4

#b4ad5b

Split-complementary

#5bb4ad

#b45b8e

#b4805b

Tetradic

#5bb4ad

#5b62b4

#b45b62

#b4ad5b

Square

#5bb4ad

#805bb4

#b45b62

#8eb45b

Shades

Color #5bb4ad mixed toward black.

#479b94

#397c77

#2b5d59

#1c3e3b

#0e1f1e

Tints

Color #5bb4ad mixed toward white.

#76c0bb

#92cdc8

#add9d6

#c8e6e4

#e4f2f1

Tones

Color #5bb4ad mixed toward gray.

#62aca7

#6aa5a0

#719e9a

#799694

#808f8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8baf · ΔE 28.6

Deuteranopia

#867eaf · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#62b0b0 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bb4ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bb4ad]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5bb4ad (#5bb4ad) is rgb(91, 180, 173) in RGB.

No, #5bb4ad 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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