#5fa9a8

Color #5fa9a8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.07 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5fa9a8

RGB

rgb(95, 169, 168)

HSL

hsl(179.2, 30.1%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.2, 43.8%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.67, -23.26, -6.69)

LCH

lch(64.67, 24.2, 196.05)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.074, 194.47)

HWB

hwb(179.2, 37.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a95f60

Analogous

#5fa983

#5fa9a8

#5f85a9

Triadic

#5fa9a8

#a85fa9

#a9a85f

Split-complementary

#5fa9a8

#a95f85

#a9835f

Tetradic

#5fa9a8

#5f60a9

#a95f60

#a9a85f

Square

#5fa9a8

#835fa9

#a95f60

#85a95f

Shades

Color #5fa9a8 mixed toward black.

#4d8f8e

#3e7372

#2e5655

#1f3939

#0f1d1c

Tints

Color #5fa9a8 mixed toward white.

#7ab7b7

#94c6c5

#afd4d4

#cae2e2

#e4f1f1

Tones

Color #5fa9a8 mixed toward gray.

#65a3a2

#6b9d9c

#729796

#789090

#7e8a8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8686a8 · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#817ba8 · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#64a8a8 · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fa9a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fa9a8]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#5fa9a8 (#5fa9a8) is rgb(95, 169, 168) in RGB.

No, #5fa9a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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