#5a7ea6

Color #5a7ea6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a7ea6

RGB

rgb(90, 126, 166)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 29.9%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 45.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(51.66, -1.59, -25.28)

LCH

lch(51.66, 25.33, 266.4)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0742, 251.69)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 35.3%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6825a

Analogous

#5aa4a6

#5a7ea6

#5c5aa6

Triadic

#5a7ea6

#a65a7e

#7ea65a

Split-complementary

#5a7ea6

#a65c5a

#a4a65a

Tetradic

#5a7ea6

#825aa6

#a6825a

#7ea65a

Square

#5a7ea6

#a65aa4

#a6825a

#5aa65c

Shades

Color #5a7ea6 mixed toward black.

#4b698b

#3c546f

#2d3f53

#1e2a37

#0f151c

Tints

Color #5a7ea6 mixed toward white.

#7693b5

#91a9c4

#adbed2

#c8d4e1

#e4e9f0

Tones

Color #5a7ea6 mixed toward gray.

#607ea0

#677f99

#6d7f93

#737f8d

#7a8086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6c9e · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#69669b · ΔE 12.9

Tritanopia

#5c9695 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a7ea6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a7ea6]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5a7ea6 (#5a7ea6) is rgb(90, 126, 166) in RGB.

No, #5a7ea6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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