#5572aa

Color #5572aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5572aa

RGB

rgb(85, 114, 170)

HSL

hsl(219.5, 33.3%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.5, 50%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(48.09, 5.55, -33.19)

LCH

lch(48.09, 33.65, 279.49)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.094, 262.79)

HWB

hwb(219.5, 33.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa8d55

Analogous

#559daa

#5572aa

#6255aa

Triadic

#5572aa

#aa5572

#72aa55

Split-complementary

#5572aa

#aa6255

#9daa55

Tetradic

#5572aa

#8d55aa

#aa8d55

#72aa55

Square

#5572aa

#aa559d

#aa8d55

#55aa62

Shades

Color #5572aa mixed toward black.

#475f8e

#394c71

#2b3955

#1c2639

#0e131c

Tints

Color #5572aa mixed toward white.

#718ab8

#8ea1c6

#aab9d4

#c6d0e3

#e3e8f1

Tones

Color #5572aa mixed toward gray.

#5c74a3

#63779c

#6a7995

#717b8e

#787d87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.37:1

White text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63639f · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#615f9c · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#579593 · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5572aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5572aa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5572aa (#5572aa) is rgb(85, 114, 170) in RGB.

No, #5572aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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