#5b6b7f

Color #5b6b7f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.66 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6b7f

RGB

rgb(91, 107, 127)

HSL

hsl(213.3, 16.5%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.3, 28.3%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(44.62, -1.05, -13.06)

LCH

lch(44.62, 13.1, 265.4)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0372, 254.25)

HWB

hwb(213.3, 35.7%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f6f5b

Analogous

#5b7d7f

#5b6b7f

#5d5b7f

Triadic

#5b6b7f

#7f5b6b

#6b7f5b

Split-complementary

#5b6b7f

#7f5d5b

#7d7f5b

Tetradic

#5b6b7f

#6f5b7f

#7f6f5b

#6b7f5b

Square

#5b6b7f

#7f5b7d

#7f6f5b

#5b7f5d

Shades

Color #5b6b7f mixed toward black.

#4c596a

#3d4755

#2d353f

#1e242a

#0f1215

Tints

Color #5b6b7f mixed toward white.

#718399

#8e9cae

#aab5c2

#c6cdd6

#e3e6eb

Tones

Color #5b6b7f mixed toward gray.

#5e6b7c

#616c79

#646c76

#676c73

#6a6d70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.85:1

White text reads better on this background (5.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62627b · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#616079 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#5c7776 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 10.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6b7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6b7f]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b6b7f (#5b6b7f) is rgb(91, 107, 127) in RGB.

No, #5b6b7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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