#5f6a79

Color #5f6a79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.6 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5f6a79

RGB

rgb(95, 106, 121)

HSL

hsl(214.6, 12%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.6, 21.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(44.41, -0.64, -9.75)

LCH

lch(44.41, 9.77, 266.24)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.0273, 256.22)

HWB

hwb(214.6, 37.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#796e5f

Analogous

#5f7779

#5f6a79

#615f79

Triadic

#5f6a79

#795f6a

#6a795f

Split-complementary

#5f6a79

#79615f

#77795f

Tetradic

#5f6a79

#6e5f79

#796e5f

#6a795f

Square

#5f6a79

#795f77

#796e5f

#5f7961

Shades

Color #5f6a79 mixed toward black.

#4f5865

#3f4751

#30353d

#202328

#101214

Tints

Color #5f6a79 mixed toward white.

#768293

#919ba9

#adb4be

#c8cdd4

#e4e6e9

Tones

Color #5f6a79 mixed toward gray.

#616a77

#636b75

#666b73

#686b70

#6a6c6e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.82:1

White text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646476 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#636275 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#607372 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f6a79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f6a79]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f6a79 (#5f6a79) is rgb(95, 106, 121) in RGB.

No, #5f6a79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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