#566e7c

Color #566e7c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.38 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#566e7c

RGB

rgb(86, 110, 124)

HSL

hsl(202.1, 18.1%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.1, 30.6%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(45.06, -5.24, -10.63)

LCH

lch(45.06, 11.85, 243.76)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.036, 233.93)

HWB

hwb(202.1, 33.7%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c6456

Analogous

#567c77

#566e7c

#565b7c

Triadic

#566e7c

#7c566e

#6e7c56

Split-complementary

#566e7c

#7c565b

#7c7756

Tetradic

#566e7c

#64567c

#7c6456

#6e7c56

Square

#566e7c

#77567c

#7c6456

#5b7c56

Shades

Color #566e7c mixed toward black.

#485c67

#394953

#2b373e

#1d2529

#0e1215

Tints

Color #566e7c mixed toward white.

#6b8899

#89a0ad

#a6b8c2

#c4cfd6

#e1e7eb

Tones

Color #566e7c mixed toward gray.

#596d79

#5c6c76

#606c73

#636b6f

#666a6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616279 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#605e78 · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#577676 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #566e7c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#566e7c]

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Frequently asked questions

#566e7c (#566e7c) is rgb(86, 110, 124) in RGB.

No, #566e7c 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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