#5b6798

Color #5b6798

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6798

RGB

rgb(91, 103, 152)

HSL

hsl(228.2, 25.1%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.2, 40.1%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.1%, 32.2%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(44.51, 8.38, -28.18)

LCH

lch(44.51, 29.4, 286.56)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0788, 272.91)

HWB

hwb(228.2, 35.7%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988c5b

Analogous

#5b8598

#5b6798

#6d5b98

Triadic

#5b6798

#985b67

#67985b

Split-complementary

#5b6798

#986d5b

#85985b

Tetradic

#5b6798

#8c5b98

#988c5b

#67985b

Square

#5b6798

#985b85

#988c5b

#5b986d

Shades

Color #5b6798 mixed toward black.

#4c567f

#3d4565

#2d334c

#1e2233

#0f1119

Tints

Color #5b6798 mixed toward white.

#747fac

#9098bc

#abb2cd

#c7ccde

#e3e5ee

Tones

Color #5b6798 mixed toward gray.

#606a93

#656d8e

#6a7089

#6f7384

#74767e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#60618e · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#605f8c · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#5c8684 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6798;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6798]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5b6798 (#5b6798) is rgb(91, 103, 152) in RGB.

No, #5b6798 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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