HEX Color #57A8A8 (Cadetblue)

About #57A8A8

At its core, #57A8A8 is a medium and moderate hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Cadetblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 87, 168, and 168.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. Its ink density profile breaks down to 48% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow, and 34% black. With a hue angle of 180.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#57A8A8

RGB87, 168, 168

HSL180.0°, 31.8%, 50.0%

CMYK48%, 0%, 0%, 34%

HSV180.0°, 48.2%, 65.9%

LAB64.0, -24.7, -7.7

XYZ25.0, 32.9, 42.1

Decimal5744808

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#57A8A8 #A85757

Analogous

#57A87F #577FA8

Triadic

#A857A7 #A7A857

Tetradic

#7F57A8 #A85757 #7FA857

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#57A8A8

#69B1B1

#7CBBBB

#8FC5C5

#A1CECE

#B4D8D8

#C7E2E2

#D9EBEB

#ECF5F5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#57A8A8

#4D9595

#438282

#3A7070

#305D5D

#264A4A

#1D3838

#132525

#091212

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.77:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.57:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.65:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.44:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #57A8A8; }

.text-color { color: #57A8A8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #57A8A8; }

Similar Colors

Cadetblue

#5F9EA0