#5873a4

Color #5873a4

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5873a4

RGB

rgb(88, 115, 164)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 30.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 46.3%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(48.28, 3.84, -29.38)

LCH

lch(48.28, 29.63, 277.45)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.083, 261.83)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 34.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a48958

Analogous

#5899a4

#5873a4

#6358a4

Triadic

#5873a4

#a45873

#73a458

Split-complementary

#5873a4

#a46358

#99a458

Tetradic

#5873a4

#8958a4

#a48958

#73a458

Square

#5873a4

#a45899

#a48958

#58a463

Shades

Color #5873a4 mixed toward black.

#496089

#3b4d6d

#2c3952

#1d2637

#0f131b

Tints

Color #5873a4 mixed toward white.

#738ab4

#8fa1c3

#abb9d2

#c7d0e1

#e3e8f0

Tones

Color #5873a4 mixed toward gray.

#5e759e

#657797

#6b7891

#717a8b

#787c84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65659a · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#636197 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#5a918f · ΔE 23.3

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 17.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5873a4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5873a4]

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

#5873a4 (#5873a4) is rgb(88, 115, 164) in RGB.

No, #5873a4 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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