#5f9da8

Color #5f9da8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5f9da8

RGB

rgb(95, 157, 168)

HSL

hsl(189, 29.6%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189, 43.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.11, -17.03, -12.01)

LCH

lch(61.11, 20.84, 215.19)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.066, 210.03)

HWB

hwb(189, 37.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a86a5f

Analogous

#5fa88f

#5f9da8

#5f79a8

Triadic

#5f9da8

#a85f9d

#9da85f

Split-complementary

#5f9da8

#a85f79

#a88f5f

Tetradic

#5f9da8

#6a5fa8

#a86a5f

#9da85f

Square

#5f9da8

#8f5fa8

#a86a5f

#79a85f

Shades

Color #5f9da8 mixed toward black.

#4d848e

#3e6a72

#2e4f55

#1f3539

#0f1a1c

Tints

Color #5f9da8 mixed toward white.

#7aadb7

#94bec5

#afced4

#cadee2

#e4eff1

Tones

Color #5f9da8 mixed toward gray.

#6599a2

#6b959c

#719096

#778c90

#7d888a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fa5 · ΔE 23.7

Deuteranopia

#7b76a5 · ΔE 25.5

Tritanopia

#63a3a3 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f9da8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f9da8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#5f9da8 (#5f9da8) is rgb(95, 157, 168) in RGB.

No, #5f9da8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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