#5b6c95

Color #5b6c95

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.34 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6c95

RGB

rgb(91, 108, 149)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 24.2%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 38.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(45.8, 4.44, -24.39)

LCH

lch(45.8, 24.79, 280.32)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.0679, 266.79)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 35.7%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#95845b

Analogous

#5b8995

#5b6c95

#675b95

Triadic

#5b6c95

#955b6c

#6c955b

Split-complementary

#5b6c95

#95675b

#89955b

Tetradic

#5b6c95

#845b95

#95845b

#6c955b

Square

#5b6c95

#955b89

#95845b

#5b9567

Shades

Color #5b6c95 mixed toward black.

#4c5a7c

#3d4863

#2e364b

#1e2432

#0f1219

Tints

Color #5b6c95 mixed toward white.

#7383aa

#8f9cbb

#abb5cc

#c7cedd

#e3e6ee

Tones

Color #5b6c95 mixed toward gray.

#606e90

#65708b

#6a7287

#6e7482

#73767d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63638c · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#62608a · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#5c8584 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 16.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6c95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6c95]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b6c95 (#5b6c95) is rgb(91, 108, 149) in RGB.

No, #5b6c95 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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