Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0) is a medium, muted cyan. It is a CSS named color, so you can use it in stylesheets as color: cadetblue as well as by its hex code. In RGB it is rgb(95, 158, 160); in HSL, hsl(182, 25%, 50%).
| Hex | #5f9ea0 |
|---|---|
| CSS name | cadetblue |
| RGB | rgb(95, 158, 160) |
| HSL | hsl(182, 25%, 50%) |
| CMYK | 41%, 1%, 0%, 37% |
| CSS example | color: #5f9ea0; background-color: rgb(95, 158, 160); |
The hue is calculated at seven exact lightness levels for use in backgrounds, borders, text and hover states. These values are not substituted with nearby named colors.
Complementary — maximum contrast, from opposite sides of the color wheel:
Analogous — neighbours on the wheel, naturally harmonious:
Triadic — three colors evenly spaced for balanced variety:
Tetradic — four colors at 90° intervals:
On a #5f9ea0 background, black text gives the better contrast. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text (AA), or 7:1 and 4.5:1 for AAA.
| Text color | Contrast ratio | Normal text | Large text |
|---|---|---|---|
| White text (#ffffff) | 3.05:1 | Fails | AA |
| Black text (#000000) | 6.88:1 | AA | AAA |
The CSS named colors closest to #5f9ea0:
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