#5c959c

Color #5c959c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5c959c

RGB

rgb(92, 149, 156)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 25.8%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 41%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(58.2, -16.78, -9.57)

LCH

lch(58.2, 19.32, 209.7)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.0607, 205.68)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 36.1%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c635c

Analogous

#5c9c83

#5c959c

#5c759c

Triadic

#5c959c

#9c5c95

#959c5c

Split-complementary

#5c959c

#9c5c75

#9c835c

Tetradic

#5c959c

#635c9c

#9c635c

#959c5c

Square

#5c959c

#835c9c

#9c635c

#759c5c

Shades

Color #5c959c mixed toward black.

#4d7c82

#3d6368

#2e4a4e

#1f3234

#0f191a

Tints

Color #5c959c mixed toward white.

#76a8ae

#91b9be

#adcbce

#c8dcdf

#e4eeef

Tones

Color #5c959c mixed toward gray.

#619197

#678d91

#6c888c

#718487

#778081

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79799a · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#76719a · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#609999 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5c959c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5c959c]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5c959c (#5c959c) is rgb(92, 149, 156) in RGB.

No, #5c959c 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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