#5b6290

Color #5b6290

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6290

RGB

rgb(91, 98, 144)

HSL

hsl(232.1, 22.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.1, 36.8%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(42.72, 9.14, -26.18)

LCH

lch(42.72, 27.73, 289.25)

OKLCH

oklch(51%, 0.0735, 276.8)

HWB

hwb(232.1, 35.7%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90895b

Analogous

#5b7d90

#5b6290

#6f5b90

Triadic

#5b6290

#905b62

#62905b

Split-complementary

#5b6290

#906f5b

#7d905b

Tetradic

#5b6290

#895b90

#90895b

#62905b

Square

#5b6290

#905b7d

#90895b

#5b906f

Shades

Color #5b6290 mixed toward black.

#4c5278

#3d4160

#2d3148

#1e2130

#0f1018

Tints

Color #5b6290 mixed toward white.

#7379a6

#8f94b8

#abafca

#c7cadc

#e3e4ed

Tones

Color #5b6290 mixed toward gray.

#5f658c

#646987

#686c83

#6d6f7e

#71727a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.59:1

White text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5e87 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#5e5d84 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#5b7f7d · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6290;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6290]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b6290 (#5b6290) is rgb(91, 98, 144) in RGB.

No, #5b6290 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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