#5074ae

Color #5074ae

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.71 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5074ae

RGB

rgb(80, 116, 174)

HSL

hsl(217, 37%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 54%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 33.3%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(48.57, 4.43, -34.78)

LCH

lch(48.57, 35.06, 277.26)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.0996, 259.59)

HWB

hwb(217, 31.4%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae8a50

Analogous

#50a3ae

#5074ae

#5b50ae

Triadic

#5074ae

#ae5074

#74ae50

Split-complementary

#5074ae

#ae5b50

#a3ae50

Tetradic

#5074ae

#8a50ae

#ae8a50

#74ae50

Square

#5074ae

#ae50a3

#ae8a50

#50ae5b

Shades

Color #5074ae mixed toward black.

#436191

#354d74

#283a57

#1b273a

#0d131d

Tints

Color #5074ae mixed toward white.

#6d8bbc

#8aa2c9

#a7b9d7

#c5d1e4

#e2e8f2

Tones

Color #5074ae mixed toward gray.

#5876a6

#60789e

#677a96

#6f7b8f

#777d87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.45:1

White text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262a2 · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#5f5d9f · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#529896 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 19.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5074ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5074ae]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5074ae (#5074ae) is rgb(80, 116, 174) in RGB.

No, #5074ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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