#505a91

Color #505a91

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.03 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#505a91

RGB

rgb(80, 90, 145)

HSL

hsl(230.8, 28.9%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.8, 44.8%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(39.68, 11.33, -31.6)

LCH

lch(39.68, 33.57, 289.73)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.0892, 274.76)

HWB

hwb(230.8, 31.4%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#918750

Analogous

#507a91

#505a91

#665091

Triadic

#505a91

#91505a

#5a9150

Split-complementary

#505a91

#916650

#7a9150

Tetradic

#505a91

#875091

#918750

#5a9150

Square

#505a91

#91507a

#918750

#509166

Shades

Color #505a91 mixed toward black.

#434b79

#353c61

#282d48

#1b1e30

#0d0f18

Tints

Color #505a91 mixed toward white.

#6670ab

#858dbb

#a3a9cc

#c2c6dd

#e0e2ee

Tones

Color #505a91 mixed toward gray.

#555e8c

#5b6186

#606581

#66697b

#6b6d76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.21:1

White text reads better on this background (6.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555586 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#545384 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#517d7b · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505a91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505a91]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#505a91 (#505a91) is rgb(80, 90, 145) in RGB.

No, #505a91 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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