#5686b6

Color #5686b6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 3.3 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5686b6

RGB

rgb(86, 134, 182)

HSL

hsl(210, 39.7%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 52.7%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(54.45, -2.35, -30.19)

LCH

lch(54.45, 30.28, 265.55)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.0902, 249.5)

HWB

hwb(210, 33.7%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b68656

Analogous

#56b6b6

#5686b6

#5656b6

Triadic

#5686b6

#b65686

#86b656

Split-complementary

#5686b6

#b65656

#b6b656

Tetradic

#5686b6

#8656b6

#b68656

#86b656

Square

#5686b6

#b656b6

#b68656

#56b656

Shades

Color #5686b6 mixed toward black.

#43709c

#36597d

#28435e

#1b2d3e

#0d161f

Tints

Color #5686b6 mixed toward white.

#729ac2

#8eaece

#aac2da

#c7d7e7

#e3ebf3

Tones

Color #5686b6 mixed toward gray.

#5e86ae

#6686a6

#6e869e

#768696

#7e868e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6eac · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#6b67a9 · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#59a3a1 · ΔE 21.3

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5686b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5686b6]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#5686b6 (#5686b6) is rgb(86, 134, 182) in RGB.

No, #5686b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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