#505aac

Color #505aac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#505aac

RGB

rgb(80, 90, 172)

HSL

hsl(233.5, 36.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.5, 53.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 47.7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(41.21, 20.01, -45.29)

LCH

lch(41.21, 49.51, 293.84)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.1296, 275.45)

HWB

hwb(233.5, 31.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca250

Analogous

#5088ac

#505aac

#7450ac

Triadic

#505aac

#ac505a

#5aac50

Split-complementary

#505aac

#ac7450

#88ac50

Tetradic

#505aac

#a250ac

#aca250

#5aac50

Square

#505aac

#ac5088

#aca250

#50ac74

Shades

Color #505aac mixed toward black.

#434b8f

#353c73

#282d56

#1b1e39

#0d0f1d

Tints

Color #505aac mixed toward white.

#6c75bb

#8a90c8

#a7acd6

#c4c8e4

#e2e3f1

Tones

Color #505aac mixed toward gray.

#5860a4

#5f669d

#676c95

#6f728d

#767886

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.4:1

White text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55559d · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#545399 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#51908d · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 23.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #505aac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505aac]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#505aac (#505aac) is rgb(80, 90, 172) in RGB.

No, #505aac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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