#5871b2

Color #5871b2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.03 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5871b2

RGB

rgb(88, 113, 178)

HSL

hsl(223.3, 36.9%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.3, 50.6%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(48.38, 9.42, -37.38)

LCH

lch(48.38, 38.55, 284.14)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1056, 267.02)

HWB

hwb(223.3, 34.5%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b29958

Analogous

#589eb2

#5871b2

#6c58b2

Triadic

#5871b2

#b25871

#71b258

Split-complementary

#5871b2

#b26c58

#9eb258

Tetradic

#5871b2

#9958b2

#b29958

#71b258

Square

#5871b2

#b2589e

#b29958

#58b26c

Shades

Color #5871b2 mixed toward black.

#465d98

#384a79

#2a385b

#1c253d

#0e131e

Tints

Color #5871b2 mixed toward white.

#7489bf

#90a0cc

#acb8d9

#c7d0e5

#e3e7f2

Tones

Color #5871b2 mixed toward gray.

#6074ab

#6778a3

#6f7b9c

#767e94

#7e828d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6464a5 · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#6260a2 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#599a98 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5871b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5871b2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5871b2 (#5871b2) is rgb(88, 113, 178) in RGB.

No, #5871b2 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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