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#5CA8A4

#5ca8a4 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ca8a4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 65.88% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.38% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 176.84°, with 30.4% saturation and 50.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 4.23.

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Relative luminance0.3296

Complementary

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #a85c60

Split complementary

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #a85c86
  3. #a87e5c

Analogous

  1. #5ca87e
  2. #5ca8a4
  3. #5c86a8

Triadic

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #a45ca8
  3. #a8a45c

Tetradic

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #5c60a8
  3. #a85c60
  4. #a8a45c

Square

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #7e5ca8
  3. #a85c60
  4. #86a85c

Monochromatic

  1. #254644
  2. #407875
  3. #5ca8a4
  4. #8ec3c0
  5. #c0dddc

Shades

#5ca8a4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #539794
  3. #4a8683
  4. #407673
  5. #376562
  6. #2e5452
  7. #254342
  8. #1c3231
  9. #122221
  10. #091110
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ca8a4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #6cb1ad
  3. #7db9b6
  4. #8dc2bf
  5. #9dcbc8
  6. #aed4d2
  7. #bedcdb
  8. #cee5e4
  9. #deeeed
  10. #eff6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ca8a4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ca8a4
  2. #60a4a0
  3. #63a09d
  4. #679c99
  5. #6a9896
  6. #6e9492
  7. #72908e
  8. #758c8b
  9. #798887
  10. #7c8484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a1a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9397a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #37aca7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa4a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819ea4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #48aaa6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ca8a4 {
  color: #5ca8a4;
}
Background
.bg-5ca8a4 {
  background-color: #5ca8a4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ca8a4 {
  border: 2px solid #5ca8a4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ca8a4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 168 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 30% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ca8a4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ca8a4, #5c86a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ca8a4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 168 164 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 4.23 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.23 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.70 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.05 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 8.10 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.79 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 11.26 #a3575b Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#5ca8a4  rgb(92, 168, 164)  hsl(177, 30%, 51%)  Cadet Blue
#a85c60  rgb(168, 92, 96)  hsl(357, 30%, 51%)  Redwood
#a45ca8  rgb(164, 92, 168)  hsl(297, 30%, 51%)  Purpureus
#a8a45c  rgb(168, 164, 92)  hsl(57, 30%, 51%)  Dark Khaki