#5b617a

Color #5b617a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.43 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b617a

RGB

rgb(91, 97, 122)

HSL

hsl(228.4, 14.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.4, 25.4%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(41.5, 3.7, -14.78)

LCH

lch(41.5, 15.24, 284.05)

OKLCH

oklch(49.7%, 0.0406, 274.24)

HWB

hwb(228.4, 35.7%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7a745b

Analogous

#5b717a

#5b617a

#655b7a

Triadic

#5b617a

#7a5b61

#617a5b

Split-complementary

#5b617a

#7a655b

#717a5b

Tetradic

#5b617a

#745b7a

#7a745b

#617a5b

Square

#5b617a

#7a5b71

#7a745b

#5b7a65

Shades

Color #5b617a mixed toward black.

#4c5166

#3d4151

#2e313d

#1e2029

#0f1014

Tints

Color #5b617a mixed toward white.

#717895

#8e93ab

#aaaec0

#c6c9d5

#e3e4ea

Tones

Color #5b617a mixed toward gray.

#5e6378

#606475

#636672

#656770

#68696d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.44:1

White 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

#5e5e75 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5d5d73 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#5b706f · ΔE 16.5

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b617a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b617a]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5b617a (#5b617a) is rgb(91, 97, 122) in RGB.

No, #5b617a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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