#505d8b

Color #505d8b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.65 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#505d8b

RGB

rgb(80, 93, 139)

HSL

hsl(226.8, 26.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.8, 42.4%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 33.1%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(40.24, 7.58, -27.1)

LCH

lch(40.24, 28.14, 285.63)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.0759, 271.36)

HWB

hwb(226.8, 31.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b7e50

Analogous

#507a8b

#505d8b

#60508b

Triadic

#505d8b

#8b505d

#5d8b50

Split-complementary

#505d8b

#8b6050

#7a8b50

Tetradic

#505d8b

#7e508b

#8b7e50

#5d8b50

Square

#505d8b

#8b507a

#8b7e50

#508b60

Shades

Color #505d8b mixed toward black.

#434d74

#353e5d

#282e45

#1b1f2e

#0d0f17

Tints

Color #505d8b mixed toward white.

#6573a6

#848fb8

#a3abca

#c1c7dc

#e0e3ed

Tones

Color #505d8b mixed toward gray.

#556086

#5a6281

#5f657c

#646877

#686b72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.28:1

White text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565682 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#55547f · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#517a78 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505d8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505d8b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#505d8b (#505d8b) is rgb(80, 93, 139) in RGB.

No, #505d8b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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