#506a95

Color #506a95

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.87 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#506a95

RGB

rgb(80, 106, 149)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 30.1%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 46.3%, 58.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.3%, 28.9%, 0%, 41.6%)

LAB

lab(44.49, 2.59, -26.47)

LCH

lch(44.49, 26.6, 275.59)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0751, 260.19)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 31.4%, 41.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#957b50

Analogous

#508c95

#506a95

#595095

Triadic

#506a95

#95506a

#6a9550

Split-complementary

#506a95

#955950

#8c9550

Tetradic

#506a95

#7b5095

#957b50

#6a9550

Square

#506a95

#95508c

#957b50

#509559

Shades

Color #506a95 mixed toward black.

#43587c

#354763

#28354a

#1b2332

#0d1219

Tints

Color #506a95 mixed toward white.

#6781ad

#859abe

#a4b4ce

#c2cdde

#e1e6ef

Tones

Color #506a95 mixed toward gray.

#566b8f

#5c6d89

#616e84

#67707e

#6d7178

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5d8c · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#5b598a · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#528583 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 16.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #506a95;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#506a95]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#506a95 (#506a95) is rgb(80, 106, 149) in RGB.

No, #506a95 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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