#5e8083

Color #5e8083

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.49 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8083

RGB

rgb(94, 128, 131)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 16.4%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 28.2%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(51.22, -11.19, -5.52)

LCH

lch(51.22, 12.48, 206.26)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.0387, 202.98)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 36.9%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#83615e

Analogous

#5e8373

#5e8083

#5e6d83

Triadic

#5e8083

#835e80

#80835e

Split-complementary

#5e8083

#835e6d

#83735e

Tetradic

#5e8083

#615e83

#83615e

#80835e

Square

#5e8083

#735e83

#83615e

#6d835e

Shades

Color #5e8083 mixed toward black.

#4e6b6d

#3f5557

#2f4041

#1f2b2c

#101516

Tints

Color #5e8083 mixed toward white.

#75999c

#90adb0

#acc2c3

#c8d6d7

#e3ebeb

Tones

Color #5e8083 mixed toward gray.

#617d80

#647b7d

#67787a

#6a7677

#6d7374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6f82 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6a82 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#608282 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8083;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8083]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5e8083 (#5e8083) is rgb(94, 128, 131) in RGB.

No, #5e8083 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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