#5b6485

Color #5b6485

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 15.08 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6485

RGB

rgb(91, 100, 133)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 18.8%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 31.6%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(42.81, 4.81, -19.43)

LCH

lch(42.81, 20.02, 283.9)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0538, 272.56)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 35.7%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#857c5b

Analogous

#5b7985

#5b6485

#675b85

Triadic

#5b6485

#855b64

#64855b

Split-complementary

#5b6485

#85675b

#79855b

Tetradic

#5b6485

#7c5b85

#857c5b

#64855b

Square

#5b6485

#855b79

#857c5b

#5b8567

Shades

Color #5b6485 mixed toward black.

#4c536f

#3d4359

#2d3242

#1e212c

#0f1116

Tints

Color #5b6485 mixed toward white.

#717b9e

#8e95b2

#aab0c5

#c6cad8

#e3e5ec

Tones

Color #5b6485 mixed toward gray.

#5e6681

#62687e

#656a7a

#696c77

#6c6e73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f5f7e · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#5e5e7c · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#5b7877 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6485;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6485]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5b6485 (#5b6485) is rgb(91, 100, 133) in RGB.

No, #5b6485 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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