#5fbfaf

Color #5fbfaf

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.56 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#5fbfaf

RGB

rgb(95, 191, 175)

HSL

hsl(170, 42.9%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170, 50.3%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(71.41, -32.28, -0.63)

LCH

lch(71.41, 32.29, 181.12)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0944, 181.34)

HWB

hwb(170, 37.3%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bf5f6f

Analogous

#5fbf7f

#5fbfaf

#5f9fbf

Triadic

#5fbfaf

#af5fbf

#bfaf5f

Split-complementary

#5fbfaf

#bf5f9f

#bf7f5f

Tetradic

#5fbfaf

#5f6fbf

#bf5f6f

#bfaf5f

Square

#5fbfaf

#7f5fbf

#bf5f6f

#9fbf5f

Shades

Color #5fbfaf mixed toward black.

#44aa99

#36887b

#29665c

#1b443d

#0e221f

Tints

Color #5fbfaf mixed toward white.

#7acabc

#94d4ca

#afdfd7

#caeae4

#e4f4f2

Tones

Color #5fbfaf mixed toward gray.

#67b7aa

#6fafa4

#77a79f

#7f9f9a

#879794

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394b3 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#8d85b4 · ΔE 33.5

Tritanopia

#67b6b7 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5fbfaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5fbfaf]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#5fbfaf (#5fbfaf) is rgb(95, 191, 175) in RGB.

No, #5fbfaf 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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