#5f9b95

Color #5f9b95

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.74 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9b95

RGB

rgb(95, 155, 149)

HSL

hsl(174, 24%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174, 38.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(59.93, -20.92, -3.01)

LCH

lch(59.93, 21.14, 188.19)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.0633, 187.63)

HWB

hwb(174, 37.3%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b5f65

Analogous

#5f9b77

#5f9b95

#5f839b

Triadic

#5f9b95

#955f9b

#9b955f

Split-complementary

#5f9b95

#9b5f83

#9b775f

Tetradic

#5f9b95

#5f659b

#9b5f65

#9b955f

Square

#5f9b95

#775f9b

#9b5f65

#839b5f

Shades

Color #5f9b95 mixed toward black.

#4f817c

#3f6763

#2f4d4a

#203432

#101a19

Tints

Color #5f9b95 mixed toward white.

#79ada7

#93bdb9

#aececa

#c9dedc

#e4efed

Tones

Color #5f9b95 mixed toward gray.

#649691

#69918d

#6e8c89

#738785

#788281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7e96 · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#7a7597 · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#639898 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9b95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9b95]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5f9b95 (#5f9b95) is rgb(95, 155, 149) in RGB.

No, #5f9b95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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