#557abe

Color #557abe

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#557abe

RGB

rgb(85, 122, 190)

HSL

hsl(218.9, 44.7%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.9, 55.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 35.8%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(51.34, 7.11, -39.65)

LCH

lch(51.34, 40.28, 280.17)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1133, 261.83)

HWB

hwb(218.9, 33.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be9955

Analogous

#55aebe

#557abe

#6455be

Triadic

#557abe

#be557a

#7abe55

Split-complementary

#557abe

#be6455

#aebe55

Tetradic

#557abe

#9955be

#be9955

#7abe55

Square

#557abe

#be55ae

#be9955

#55be64

Shades

Color #557abe mixed toward black.

#3f63a6

#334f85

#263c63

#192842

#0d1421

Tints

Color #557abe mixed toward white.

#7190c9

#8ea6d4

#aabcde

#c6d3e9

#e3e9f4

Tones

Color #557abe mixed toward gray.

#5e7cb5

#667fac

#6f82a4

#78849b

#818792

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767b1 · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#6562ad · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#57a5a2 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #557abe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#557abe]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#557abe (#557abe) is rgb(85, 122, 190) in RGB.

No, #557abe 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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