#5591b6

Color #5591b6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.84 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5591b6

RGB

rgb(85, 145, 182)

HSL

hsl(202.9, 39.9%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.9, 53.3%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(57.61, -8.86, -25.3)

LCH

lch(57.61, 26.81, 250.7)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.0839, 237.22)

HWB

hwb(202.9, 33.3%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b67a55

Analogous

#55b6ab

#5591b6

#5561b6

Triadic

#5591b6

#b65591

#91b655

Split-complementary

#5591b6

#b65561

#b6ab55

Tetradic

#5591b6

#7a55b6

#b67a55

#91b655

Square

#5591b6

#ab55b6

#b67a55

#61b655

Shades

Color #5591b6 mixed toward black.

#437a9c

#36617d

#28495d

#1b313e

#0d181f

Tints

Color #5591b6 mixed toward white.

#71a3c2

#8eb6ce

#aac8db

#c6dae7

#e3edf3

Tones

Color #5591b6 mixed toward gray.

#5d8fae

#658da6

#6d8b9e

#758996

#7e888e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7474ae · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#706cac · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#59a7a6 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5591b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5591b6]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5591b6 (#5591b6) is rgb(85, 145, 182) in RGB.

No, #5591b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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