#5e8d8d

Color #5e8d8d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5e8d8d

RGB

rgb(94, 141, 141)

HSL

hsl(180, 20%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 33.3%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(55.43, -15.82, -5.08)

LCH

lch(55.43, 16.62, 197.8)

OKLCH

oklch(61%, 0.0509, 195.84)

HWB

hwb(180, 36.9%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d5e5e

Analogous

#5e8d76

#5e8d8d

#5e768d

Triadic

#5e8d8d

#8d5e8d

#8d8d5e

Split-complementary

#5e8d8d

#8d5e76

#8d765e

Tetradic

#5e8d8d

#5e5e8d

#8d5e5e

#8d8d5e

Square

#5e8d8d

#765e8d

#8d5e5e

#768d5e

Shades

Color #5e8d8d mixed toward black.

#4e7676

#3f5e5e

#2f4747

#1f2f2f

#101818

Tints

Color #5e8d8d mixed toward white.

#76a3a3

#91b6b6

#adc8c8

#c8dada

#e4eded

Tones

Color #5e8d8d mixed toward gray.

#628989

#668585

#6a8181

#6e7d7d

#727979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#75768d · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#726f8d · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#618d8d · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 15.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e8d8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e8d8d]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#5e8d8d (#5e8d8d) is rgb(94, 141, 141) in RGB.

No, #5e8d8d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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