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#5EA0AE

#5ea0ae ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ea0ae is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 62.75% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.98% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 190.5°, with 33.06% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.05.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3058

Complementary

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #ae6c5e

Split complementary

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #ae5e78
  3. #ae945e

Analogous

  1. #5eae94
  2. #5ea0ae
  3. #5e78ae

Triadic

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #ae5ea0
  3. #a0ae5e

Tetradic

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #6c5eae
  3. #ae6c5e
  4. #a0ae5e

Square

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #945eae
  3. #ae6c5e
  4. #78ae5e

Monochromatic

  1. #26464d
  2. #40747f
  3. #5ea0ae
  4. #91bec8
  5. #c4dce1

Shades

#5ea0ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #55909d
  3. #4b808b
  4. #42707a
  5. #386068
  6. #2f5057
  7. #264046
  8. #1c3034
  9. #132023
  10. #091011
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ea0ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #6eaab6
  3. #7eb3be
  4. #8ebdc6
  5. #9ec6ce
  6. #afd0d7
  7. #bfd9df
  8. #cfe3e7
  9. #dfecef
  10. #eff6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ea0ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ea0ae
  2. #619da9
  3. #659aa5
  4. #6896a0
  5. #6c939c
  6. #6f9097
  7. #728d92
  8. #768a8e
  9. #798689
  10. #7d8385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839aa0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #959caf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8892ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #37a6a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829daf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a98ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #49a4a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ea0ae {
  color: #5ea0ae;
}
Background
.bg-5ea0ae {
  background-color: #5ea0ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ea0ae {
  border: 2px solid #5ea0ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ea0ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 160 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 33% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ea0ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ea0ae, #5e78ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ea0ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 160 174 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.62 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.89 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.02 #a15f51 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#5ea0ae  rgb(94, 160, 174)  hsl(191, 33%, 53%)  Cadet Blue
#ae6c5e  rgb(174, 108, 94)  hsl(11, 33%, 53%)  Redwood
#ae5ea0  rgb(174, 94, 160)  hsl(311, 33%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a0ae5e  rgb(160, 174, 94)  hsl(71, 33%, 53%)  Olivine