#5e6279

Color #5e6279

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.71 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6279

RGB

rgb(94, 98, 121)

HSL

hsl(231.1, 12.6%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(231.1, 22.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 19%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(41.99, 3.85, -13.4)

LCH

lch(41.99, 13.94, 286.03)

OKLCH

oklch(50.1%, 0.0369, 277.32)

HWB

hwb(231.1, 36.9%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79755e

Analogous

#5e7079

#5e6279

#685e79

Triadic

#5e6279

#795e62

#62795e

Split-complementary

#5e6279

#79685e

#70795e

Tetradic

#5e6279

#755e79

#79755e

#62795e

Square

#5e6279

#795e70

#79755e

#5e7968

Shades

Color #5e6279 mixed toward black.

#4e5265

#3f4151

#2f313d

#1f2128

#101014

Tints

Color #5e6279 mixed toward white.

#757994

#9094a9

#acafbf

#c8cad4

#e3e4ea

Tones

Color #5e6279 mixed toward gray.

#606477

#636575

#656772

#676870

#696a6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606074 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#605f73 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#5e706f · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 11

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6279;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6279]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e6279 (#5e6279) is rgb(94, 98, 121) in RGB.

No, #5e6279 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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