#5a6178

Color #5a6178

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.94 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6178

RGB

rgb(90, 97, 120)

HSL

hsl(226, 14.3%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226, 25%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 19.2%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(41.34, 2.84, -13.81)

LCH

lch(41.34, 14.1, 281.62)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.0378, 271.67)

HWB

hwb(226, 35.3%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78715a

Analogous

#5a7078

#5a6178

#625a78

Triadic

#5a6178

#785a61

#61785a

Split-complementary

#5a6178

#78625a

#70785a

Tetradic

#5a6178

#715a78

#78715a

#61785a

Square

#5a6178

#785a70

#78715a

#5a7862

Shades

Color #5a6178 mixed toward black.

#4b5164

#3c4150

#2d313c

#1e2028

#0f1014

Tints

Color #5a6178 mixed toward white.

#707994

#8d93a9

#a9aebf

#c6c9d4

#e2e4ea

Tones

Color #5a6178 mixed toward gray.

#5d6276

#5f6473

#626571

#64666e

#67686c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d73 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#5d5c72 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#5a6f6e · ΔE 15.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6178;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6178]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a6178 (#5a6178) is rgb(90, 97, 120) in RGB.

No, #5a6178 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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