#5bb9c4

Color #5bb9c4

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.24 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5bb9c4

RGB

rgb(91, 185, 196)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 47.1%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 53.6%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(70.11, -24.7, -14.07)

LCH

lch(70.11, 28.43, 209.67)

OKLCH

oklch(73.3%, 0.0901, 205.57)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 35.7%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4665b

Analogous

#5bc49b

#5bb9c4

#5b85c4

Triadic

#5bb9c4

#c45bb9

#b9c45b

Split-complementary

#5bb9c4

#c45b85

#c49b5b

Tetradic

#5bb9c4

#665bc4

#c4665b

#b9c45b

Square

#5bb9c4

#9b5bc4

#c4665b

#85c45b

Shades

Color #5bb9c4 mixed toward black.

#3fa4b0

#33838d

#26626a

#194246

#0d2123

Tints

Color #5bb9c4 mixed toward white.

#76c5ce

#92d0d8

#addce2

#c8e8eb

#e4f3f5

Tones

Color #5bb9c4 mixed toward gray.

#64b2bb

#6dabb3

#75a4aa

#7e9da1

#879698

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fc1 · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#8881c1 · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#63bfbf · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5bb9c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5bb9c4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5bb9c4 (#5bb9c4) is rgb(91, 185, 196) in RGB.

No, #5bb9c4 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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