#5ea3aa

Color #5ea3aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 3.5 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea3aa

RGB

rgb(94, 163, 170)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 30.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 44.7%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.91, -19.9, -10.44)

LCH

lch(62.91, 22.47, 207.68)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0705, 204.02)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 36.9%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa655e

Analogous

#5eaa8b

#5ea3aa

#5e7daa

Triadic

#5ea3aa

#aa5ea3

#a3aa5e

Split-complementary

#5ea3aa

#aa5e7d

#aa8b5e

Tetradic

#5ea3aa

#655eaa

#aa655e

#a3aa5e

Square

#5ea3aa

#8b5eaa

#aa655e

#7daa5e

Shades

Color #5ea3aa mixed toward black.

#4c8a90

#3d6e73

#2e5356

#1e373a

#0f1c1d

Tints

Color #5ea3aa mixed toward white.

#79b2b8

#94c2c6

#afd1d5

#c9e0e3

#e4f0f1

Tones

Color #5ea3aa mixed toward gray.

#649ea4

#6b999d

#719497

#778e91

#7e898a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8282a8 · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#7e78a8 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#63a7a7 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea3aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea3aa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5ea3aa (#5ea3aa) is rgb(94, 163, 170) in RGB.

No, #5ea3aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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