#5d8a9b

Color #5d8a9b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 9.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#5d8a9b

RGB

rgb(93, 138, 155)

HSL

hsl(196.5, 25%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.5, 40%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(54.94, -10.78, -13.9)

LCH

lch(54.94, 17.59, 232.21)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0554, 223.61)

HWB

hwb(196.5, 36.5%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b6e5d

Analogous

#5d9b8d

#5d8a9b

#5d6b9b

Triadic

#5d8a9b

#9b5d8a

#8a9b5d

Split-complementary

#5d8a9b

#9b5d6b

#9b8d5d

Tetradic

#5d8a9b

#6e5d9b

#9b6e5d

#8a9b5d

Square

#5d8a9b

#8d5d9b

#9b6e5d

#6b9b5d

Shades

Color #5d8a9b mixed toward black.

#4d7381

#3e5c67

#2e454d

#1f2e34

#0f171a

Tints

Color #5d8a9b mixed toward white.

#769ead

#92b1bd

#adc5ce

#c8d8de

#e4ecef

Tones

Color #5d8a9b mixed toward gray.

#628896

#678591

#6c838b

#728186

#777e81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#737497 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#716d96 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#609493 · ΔE 9.3

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 14.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d8a9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d8a9b]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#5d8a9b (#5d8a9b) is rgb(93, 138, 155) in RGB.

No, #5d8a9b 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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