#5074a6

Color #5074a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.46 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5074a6

RGB

rgb(80, 116, 166)

HSL

hsl(214.9, 35%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.9, 51.8%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(48.19, 1.85, -30.71)

LCH

lch(48.19, 30.77, 273.45)

OKLCH

oklch(55.4%, 0.0886, 256.75)

HWB

hwb(214.9, 31.4%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a68250

Analogous

#509fa6

#5074a6

#5750a6

Triadic

#5074a6

#a65074

#74a650

Split-complementary

#5074a6

#a65750

#9fa650

Tetradic

#5074a6

#8250a6

#a68250

#74a650

Square

#5074a6

#a6509f

#a68250

#50a657

Shades

Color #5074a6 mixed toward black.

#43618a

#354d6f

#283a53

#1b2737

#0d131c

Tints

Color #5074a6 mixed toward white.

#6a8bb7

#88a2c6

#a6b9d4

#c4d0e2

#e1e8f1

Tones

Color #5074a6 mixed toward gray.

#57759f

#5e7698

#657790

#6d7989

#747a82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.39:1

White text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62629c · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#5f5d99 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#529391 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5074a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5074a6]

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

#5074a6 (#5074a6) is rgb(80, 116, 166) in RGB.

No, #5074a6 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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