#5ea5c7

Color #5ea5c7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 15.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea5c7

RGB

rgb(94, 165, 199)

HSL

hsl(199.4, 48.4%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.4, 52.8%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(64.49, -12.77, -24.25)

LCH

lch(64.49, 27.41, 242.23)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0872, 230.58)

HWB

hwb(199.4, 36.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7805e

Analogous

#5ec7b5

#5ea5c7

#5e71c7

Triadic

#5ea5c7

#c75ea5

#a5c75e

Split-complementary

#5ea5c7

#c75e71

#c7b55e

Tetradic

#5ea5c7

#805ec7

#c7805e

#a5c75e

Square

#5ea5c7

#b55ec7

#c7805e

#71c75e

Shades

Color #5ea5c7 mixed toward black.

#3f8fb5

#327291

#26566d

#193949

#0d1d24

Tints

Color #5ea5c7 mixed toward white.

#79b4d0

#94c3da

#afd2e3

#c9e1ec

#e4f0f6

Tones

Color #5ea5c7 mixed toward gray.

#67a2be

#709fb6

#789cad

#8199a4

#8a969b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8383bf · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#7f79be · ΔE 21.5

Tritanopia

#63b9b8 · ΔE 14.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea5c7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea5c7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5ea5c7 (#5ea5c7) is rgb(94, 165, 199) in RGB.

No, #5ea5c7 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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