#5796b9

Color #5796b9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.06 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5796b9

RGB

rgb(87, 150, 185)

HSL

hsl(201.4, 41.2%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.4, 53%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(53%, 18.9%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(59.29, -10.29, -24.42)

LCH

lch(59.29, 26.5, 247.15)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0836, 234.45)

HWB

hwb(201.4, 34.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b97a57

Analogous

#57b9ab

#5796b9

#5765b9

Triadic

#5796b9

#b95796

#96b957

Split-complementary

#5796b9

#b95765

#b9ab57

Tetradic

#5796b9

#7a57b9

#b97a57

#96b957

Square

#5796b9

#ab57b9

#b97a57

#65b957

Shades

Color #5796b9 mixed toward black.

#437fa0

#356580

#284c60

#1b3340

#0d1920

Tints

Color #5796b9 mixed toward white.

#73a7c5

#8fb9d0

#abcadc

#c7dce8

#e3edf3

Tones

Color #5796b9 mixed toward gray.

#5f94b1

#6791a9

#6f8fa0

#788d98

#808a90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778b1 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#746faf · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#5babaa · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5796b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5796b9]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5796b9 (#5796b9) is rgb(87, 150, 185) in RGB.

No, #5796b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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