#595e86

Color #595e86

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 19.2 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#595e86

RGB

rgb(89, 94, 134)

HSL

hsl(233.3, 20.2%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(233.3, 33.6%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 29.9%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(40.98, 8.17, -22.88)

LCH

lch(40.98, 24.29, 289.65)

OKLCH

oklch(49.4%, 0.0642, 278.24)

HWB

hwb(233.3, 34.9%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868159

Analogous

#597486

#595e86

#6a5986

Triadic

#595e86

#86595e

#5e8659

Split-complementary

#595e86

#866a59

#748659

Tetradic

#595e86

#815986

#868159

#5e8659

Square

#595e86

#865974

#868159

#59866a

Shades

Color #595e86 mixed toward black.

#4a4e70

#3b3f59

#2c2f43

#1e1f2d

#0f1016

Tints

Color #595e86 mixed toward white.

#6f75a0

#8c90b3

#a9acc6

#c5c8d9

#e2e3ec

Tones

Color #595e86 mixed toward gray.

#5d6182

#60647e

#64677b

#686a77

#6c6d73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b7e · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#5b5b7c · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#597775 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #595e86;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#595e86]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#595e86 (#595e86) is rgb(89, 94, 134) in RGB.

No, #595e86 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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