#5fa3ba

Color #5fa3ba

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa3ba

RGB

rgb(95, 163, 186)

HSL

hsl(195.2, 39.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.2, 48.9%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(63.48, -15.24, -18.53)

LCH

lch(63.48, 23.99, 230.56)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0768, 221.83)

HWB

hwb(195.2, 37.3%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba765f

Analogous

#5fbaa4

#5fa3ba

#5f75ba

Triadic

#5fa3ba

#ba5fa3

#a3ba5f

Split-complementary

#5fa3ba

#ba5f75

#baa45f

Tetradic

#5fa3ba

#765fba

#ba765f

#a3ba5f

Square

#5fa3ba

#a45fba

#ba765f

#75ba5f

Shades

Color #5fa3ba mixed toward black.

#478ca4

#387083

#2a5462

#1c3841

#0e1c21

Tints

Color #5fa3ba mixed toward white.

#7ab2c5

#94c2d1

#afd1dc

#cae0e8

#e4f0f3

Tones

Color #5fa3ba mixed toward gray.

#679fb2

#6e9bab

#7698a3

#7d949c

#859094

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.43:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283b5 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#7e79b3 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#64b1b0 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa3ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa3ba]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5fa3ba (#5fa3ba) is rgb(95, 163, 186) in RGB.

No, #5fa3ba 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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