#505d7c

Color #505d7c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.61 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#505d7c

RGB

rgb(80, 93, 124)

HSL

hsl(222.3, 21.6%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.3, 35.5%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.5%, 25%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(39.56, 3.13, -19.04)

LCH

lch(39.56, 19.3, 279.34)

OKLCH

oklch(48%, 0.0528, 266.85)

HWB

hwb(222.3, 31.4%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c6f50

Analogous

#50737c

#505d7c

#59507c

Triadic

#505d7c

#7c505d

#5d7c50

Split-complementary

#505d7c

#7c5950

#737c50

Tetradic

#505d7c

#6f507c

#7c6f50

#5d7c50

Square

#505d7c

#7c5073

#7c6f50

#507c59

Shades

Color #505d7c mixed toward black.

#434d67

#353e53

#282e3e

#1b1f29

#0d0f15

Tints

Color #505d7c mixed toward white.

#64749b

#8390af

#a2acc3

#c1c7d7

#e0e3eb

Tones

Color #505d7c mixed toward gray.

#545e78

#576075

#5b6171

#5f636d

#62646a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.2:1

White text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565675 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#555474 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#51706f · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 13.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505d7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505d7c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#505d7c (#505d7c) is rgb(80, 93, 124) in RGB.

No, #505d7c 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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