#5e72b8

Color #5e72b8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5e72b8

RGB

rgb(94, 114, 184)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 38.8%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 48.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 38%, 0%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(49.34, 12.15, -39.31)

LCH

lch(49.34, 41.14, 287.18)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.111, 270.52)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 36.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b8a45e

Analogous

#5e9fb8

#5e72b8

#775eb8

Triadic

#5e72b8

#b85e72

#72b85e

Split-complementary

#5e72b8

#b8775e

#9fb85e

Tetradic

#5e72b8

#a45eb8

#b8a45e

#72b85e

Square

#5e72b8

#b85e9f

#b8a45e

#5eb877

Shades

Color #5e72b8 mixed toward black.

#475ba1

#394981

#2b3660

#1c2440

#0e1220

Tints

Color #5e72b8 mixed toward white.

#7989c4

#94a1d0

#aeb8db

#c9d0e7

#e4e7f3

Tones

Color #5e72b8 mixed toward gray.

#6576b0

#6d7aa9

#747ea1

#7c839a

#838792

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.58:1

White text reads better on this background (4.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767aa · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#6665a7 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#5f9f9c · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#757575 · ΔE 21.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e72b8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e72b8]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5e72b8 (#5e72b8) is rgb(94, 114, 184) in RGB.

No, #5e72b8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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