#5e978e

Color #5e978e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.9 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5e978e

RGB

rgb(94, 151, 142)

HSL

hsl(170.5, 23.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.5, 37.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.7%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(58.48, -20.85, -1.17)

LCH

lch(58.48, 20.88, 183.21)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.0617, 183.25)

HWB

hwb(170.5, 36.9%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#975e67

Analogous

#5e9771

#5e978e

#5e8397

Triadic

#5e978e

#8e5e97

#978e5e

Split-complementary

#5e978e

#975e83

#97715e

Tetradic

#5e978e

#5e6797

#975e67

#978e5e

Square

#5e978e

#715e97

#975e67

#83975e

Shades

Color #5e978e mixed toward black.

#4e7e76

#3f655f

#2f4b47

#1f322f

#101918

Tints

Color #5e978e mixed toward white.

#77aaa2

#92bbb5

#adccc7

#c9ddda

#e4eeec

Tones

Color #5e978e mixed toward gray.

#63928b

#678d87

#6c8984

#718481

#767f7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7b90 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#777391 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#629292 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e978e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e978e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5e978e (#5e978e) is rgb(94, 151, 142) in RGB.

No, #5e978e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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