#5fa79c

Color #5fa79c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.64 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa79c

RGB

rgb(95, 167, 156)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 29%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 43.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 6.6%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(63.73, -25.29, -1.37)

LCH

lch(63.73, 25.33, 183.1)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.0747, 183.15)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 37.3%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a75f6a

Analogous

#5fa778

#5fa79c

#5f8ea7

Triadic

#5fa79c

#9c5fa7

#a79c5f

Split-complementary

#5fa79c

#a75f8e

#a7785f

Tetradic

#5fa79c

#5f6aa7

#a75f6a

#a79c5f

Square

#5fa79c

#785fa7

#a75f6a

#8ea75f

Shades

Color #5fa79c mixed toward black.

#4e8d83

#3e7169

#2f554f

#1f3834

#101c1a

Tints

Color #5fa79c mixed toward white.

#7ab6ac

#94c4bd

#afd3cd

#cae2de

#e4f0ee

Tones

Color #5fa79c mixed toward gray.

#65a198

#6b9b94

#719590

#778f8b

#7d8987

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#84859f · ΔE 26.9

Deuteranopia

#807a9f · ΔE 30.6

Tritanopia

#64a1a1 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa79c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa79c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5fa79c (#5fa79c) is rgb(95, 167, 156) in RGB.

No, #5fa79c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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