#5ea9b8

Color #5ea9b8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5ea9b8

RGB

rgb(94, 169, 184)

HSL

hsl(190, 38.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190, 48.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(65.13, -19.2, -14.93)

LCH

lch(65.13, 24.32, 217.87)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0776, 212.05)

HWB

hwb(190, 36.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b86d5e

Analogous

#5eb89a

#5ea9b8

#5e7cb8

Triadic

#5ea9b8

#b85ea9

#a9b85e

Split-complementary

#5ea9b8

#b85e7c

#b89a5e

Tetradic

#5ea9b8

#6d5eb8

#b86d5e

#a9b85e

Square

#5ea9b8

#9a5eb8

#b86d5e

#7cb85e

Shades

Color #5ea9b8 mixed toward black.

#4792a1

#397581

#2b5760

#1c3a40

#0e1d20

Tints

Color #5ea9b8 mixed toward white.

#79b7c4

#94c6d0

#aed4db

#c9e2e7

#e4f1f3

Tones

Color #5ea9b8 mixed toward gray.

#65a4b0

#6d9fa9

#749aa1

#7c959a

#839092

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586b5 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#817bb4 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#64b2b1 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5ea9b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5ea9b8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5ea9b8 (#5ea9b8) is rgb(94, 169, 184) in RGB.

No, #5ea9b8 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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