#5983a8

Color #5983a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.07 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5983a8

RGB

rgb(89, 131, 168)

HSL

hsl(208.1, 31.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.1, 47%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 22%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(53.15, -4.16, -24.15)

LCH

lch(53.15, 24.51, 260.23)

OKLCH

oklch(59.4%, 0.0736, 246.01)

HWB

hwb(208.1, 34.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a87e59

Analogous

#59a8a5

#5983a8

#595ca8

Triadic

#5983a8

#a85983

#83a859

Split-complementary

#5983a8

#a8595c

#a8a559

Tetradic

#5983a8

#7e59a8

#a87e59

#83a859

Square

#5983a8

#a559a8

#a87e59

#5ca859

Shades

Color #5983a8 mixed toward black.

#4a6d8d

#3b5770

#2c4254

#1d2c38

#0f161c

Tints

Color #5983a8 mixed toward white.

#7598b6

#90acc5

#acc1d3

#c8d6e2

#e3eaf0

Tones

Color #5983a8 mixed toward gray.

#6083a1

#66829b

#6d8294

#73818e

#7a8187

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ea0 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#6b689e · ΔE 14.8

Tritanopia

#5c9998 · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5983a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5983a8]

Related colors

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#5983a8 (#5983a8) is rgb(89, 131, 168) in RGB.

No, #5983a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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