Polished Pine (#5DA493)

The hex code for Polished Pine is #5DA493. It is rgb(93, 164, 147) in RGB, hsl(166, 28%, 50%) in HSL, and about cmyk(43%, 0%, 10%, 36%) in CMYK — a mid-tone green. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

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HEX#5DA493

RGBrgb(93, 164, 147)

HSLhsl(166, 28%, 50%)

HSVhsv(166, 43%, 64%)

CMYKcmyk(43%, 0%, 10%, 36%)

OKLCHoklch(66.7% 0.077 176.6)

LABlab(62.35% -26.55 1.50)

LCHlch(62.35% 26.59 176.77)

Colors Closest to Polished Pine

Polished Pine is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Green Sheen#6EAEA1ΔE 5.28 Blue Lagoon#4C9C9CΔE 9.95 Zomp#39A78EΔE 10.69 Cadet Blue#5F9EA0ΔE 11.04 Keppel#3AB09EΔE 11.36 Illuminating Emerald#319177ΔE 11.77

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#5DA493 Channel Values

How Polished Pine breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 93 · G 164 · B 147	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 166° · S 28% · L 50%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 166° · S 43% · V 64%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 43% · M 0% · Y 10% · K 36%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	2.92:1 vs white · 7.2:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Polished Pine background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text2.92:1AA normal ✗AA large ✗AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text7.2:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✓

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Colors That Go With Polished Pine

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Polished Pine; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic

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Split comp.

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Tints & Shades of Polished Pine

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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Shades

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How Polished Pine Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#5DA493

Protanopia#9B9B93

Protanomaly#869F93

Deuteranopia#919195

Deuteranomaly#809994

Tritanopia#61A2A2

Tritanomaly#5FA39C

Achromatopsia#979797

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Using #5DA493 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--polished-pine: #5DA493;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #5DA493;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'polished-pine': '#5DA493' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.365, green: 0.643, blue: 0.576)

Android XML<color name="polished_pine">#5DA493</color>

SVG fillfill="#5DA493"

More Green Colors

Polished Pine sits in the greenfamily. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

5e8c31 5cb800 5ea500 5c995c 5ebd00 5c7b1e 5ee9b5 5b6238 5f7e20 57ff57 5fa777 568f00 718e3e 90dab0 a3e0bf bbf451 d1ffe8 f0fdfa 00755e 00cc33 0b2215 1cac78 339900 415224

#5DA493 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Polished Pine?

The hex code for Polished Pine is #5DA493. That is rgb(93, 164, 147) in RGB, hsl(166, 28%, 50%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(43%, 0%, 10%, 36%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #5DA493?

#5DA493 is rgb(93, 164, 147) — red 93, green 164, and blue 147 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #5DA493?

#5DA493 converts to approximately cmyk(43%, 0%, 10%, 36%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #5DA493 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #5DA493 scores 2.92:1 against white and 7.2:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #5DA493 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #5DA493 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is cadetblue (#5F9EA0) at a CIE76 distance of 11.04, which is visibly different.

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