Information about #5E8A85 color

#5E8A85 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#5E8A85 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(94, 138, 133) — 36.9% red, 54.1% green, 52.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 0 / 2 / 46. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #5E8A85 reads as a gently muted cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Steel Teal (#5F8A8B). Slightly further away sit Undercover (#648985) and Wintergreen Dream (#56887D).

In RGB terms — rgb(94, 138, 133) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #5E8A85: 5.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.9:1 for white. No one has named #5E8A85 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#5E8A85 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#5E8A85 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #5E8A85

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Steel Teal color link
Steel Teal

#5F8A8B

Undercover color link
Undercover

#648985

Gothic color link
Gothic

#698890

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

Blue Grey color link
Blue Grey

#607C8E

Half Baked color link
Half Baked

#558F93

Lynch color link
Lynch

#697D89

Grey Teal color link
Grey Teal

#5E9B8A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#5E8A85
  • RGB94, 138, 133
  • CMYK17, 0, 2, 46
  • CSSrgb(94, 138, 133)
  • HSL173°, 19%, 45%
  • HSL Precise173.182°, 18.966%, 45.49%
  • HSV173°, 32%, 54%
  • HSB173°, 32%, 54%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • GLSLvec3(0.369, 0.541, 0.522)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.369, 0.541, 0.522, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.369, 0.541, 0.522)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID5E8A85
  • DECIMAL ID6195845
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01