#5e6994

Color #5e6994

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6994

RGB

rgb(94, 105, 148)

HSL

hsl(227.8, 22.3%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.8, 36.5%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(45.11, 6.87, -24.84)

LCH

lch(45.11, 25.77, 285.46)

OKLCH

oklch(52.9%, 0.0692, 272.82)

HWB

hwb(227.8, 36.9%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94895e

Analogous

#5e8494

#5e6994

#6e5e94

Triadic

#5e6994

#945e69

#69945e

Split-complementary

#5e6994

#946e5e

#84945e

Tetradic

#5e6994

#895e94

#94895e

#69945e

Square

#5e6994

#945e84

#94895e

#5e946e

Shades

Color #5e6994 mixed toward black.

#4e587b

#3f4663

#2f354a

#1f2331

#101219

Tints

Color #5e6994 mixed toward white.

#7781a8

#929aba

#adb3cb

#c8ccdc

#e4e6ee

Tones

Color #5e6994 mixed toward gray.

#636c90

#676e8b

#6c7187

#707482

#75767e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#63638b · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#626189 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#5f8482 · ΔE 23.1

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6994;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6994]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5e6994 (#5e6994) is rgb(94, 105, 148) in RGB.

No, #5e6994 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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