#5d8e9f

Color #5d8e9f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5d8e9f

RGB

rgb(93, 142, 159)

HSL

hsl(195.5, 26.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.5, 41.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(56.26, -11.9, -14.19)

LCH

lch(56.26, 18.52, 230.02)

OKLCH

oklch(61.8%, 0.0586, 221.89)

HWB

hwb(195.5, 36.5%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f6e5d

Analogous

#5d9f8f

#5d8e9f

#5d6d9f

Triadic

#5d8e9f

#9f5d8e

#8e9f5d

Split-complementary

#5d8e9f

#9f5d6d

#9f8f5d

Tetradic

#5d8e9f

#6e5d9f

#9f6e5d

#8e9f5d

Square

#5d8e9f

#8f5d9f

#9f6e5d

#6d9f5d

Shades

Color #5d8e9f mixed toward black.

#4d7684

#3e5f6a

#2e474f

#1f2f35

#0f181a

Tints

Color #5d8e9f mixed toward white.

#77a1b0

#92b4c0

#aec7cf

#c9d9df

#e4ecef

Tones

Color #5d8e9f mixed toward gray.

#628b99

#688994

#6d868e

#738389

#788183

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#75769b · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#726f9a · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#609897 · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 15

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d8e9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d8e9f]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#5d8e9f (#5d8e9f) is rgb(93, 142, 159) in RGB.

No, #5d8e9f 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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