#5eb6c9

Color #5eb6c9

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5eb6c9

RGB

rgb(94, 182, 201)

HSL

hsl(190.7, 49.8%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.7, 53.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(69.5, -21.15, -17.72)

LCH

lch(69.5, 27.59, 219.96)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0887, 213.55)

HWB

hwb(190.7, 36.9%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9715e

Analogous

#5ec9a7

#5eb6c9

#5e80c9

Triadic

#5eb6c9

#c95eb6

#b6c95e

Split-complementary

#5eb6c9

#c95e80

#c9a75e

Tetradic

#5eb6c9

#715ec9

#c9715e

#b6c95e

Square

#5eb6c9

#a75ec9

#c9715e

#80c95e

Shades

Color #5eb6c9 mixed toward black.

#3ea2b8

#318293

#25616e

#19414a

#0c2025

Tints

Color #5eb6c9 mixed toward white.

#79c2d2

#94cedb

#aedae4

#c9e7ed

#e4f3f6

Tones

Color #5eb6c9 mixed toward gray.

#67b0c0

#70aab7

#79a5ae

#829fa5

#8a999c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8ec5 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#8881c4 · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#65c1c0 · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5eb6c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5eb6c9]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#5eb6c9 (#5eb6c9) is rgb(94, 182, 201) in RGB.

No, #5eb6c9 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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