#5f8eaa

Color #5f8eaa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5f8eaa

RGB

rgb(95, 142, 170)

HSL

hsl(202.4, 30.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.4, 44.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(56.76, -8.29, -19.73)

LCH

lch(56.76, 21.4, 247.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.0663, 235.45)

HWB

hwb(202.4, 37.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7b5f

Analogous

#5faaa1

#5f8eaa

#5f69aa

Triadic

#5f8eaa

#aa5f8e

#8eaa5f

Split-complementary

#5f8eaa

#aa5f69

#aaa15f

Tetradic

#5f8eaa

#7b5faa

#aa7b5f

#8eaa5f

Square

#5f8eaa

#a15faa

#aa7b5f

#69aa5f

Shades

Color #5f8eaa mixed toward black.

#4d7790

#3d5f73

#2e4757

#1f303a

#0f181d

Tints

Color #5f8eaa mixed toward white.

#7aa1b8

#94b4c6

#afc7d5

#cad9e3

#e4ecf1

Tones

Color #5f8eaa mixed toward gray.

#658da4

#6c8b9e

#728997

#788891

#7e868b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677a4 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#7370a2 · ΔE 17.9

Tritanopia

#629f9d · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f8eaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f8eaa]

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Frequently asked questions

#5f8eaa (#5f8eaa) is rgb(95, 142, 170) in RGB.

No, #5f8eaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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