#5977a8

Color #5977a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.98 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5977a8

RGB

rgb(89, 119, 168)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 31.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 47%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 29.2%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(49.67, 2.91, -29.54)

LCH

lch(49.67, 29.68, 275.63)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.084, 259.92)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 34.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88a59

Analogous

#599fa8

#5977a8

#6359a8

Triadic

#5977a8

#a85977

#77a859

Split-complementary

#5977a8

#a86359

#9fa859

Tetradic

#5977a8

#8a59a8

#a88a59

#77a859

Square

#5977a8

#a8599f

#a88a59

#59a863

Shades

Color #5977a8 mixed toward black.

#4a638d

#3b4f70

#2c3b54

#1d2838

#0f141c

Tints

Color #5977a8 mixed toward white.

#758eb6

#90a4c5

#acbbd3

#c8d2e2

#e3e8f0

Tones

Color #5977a8 mixed toward gray.

#6079a1

#667a9b

#6d7c94

#737d8e

#7a7f87

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67689e · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#66639b · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#5b9593 · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5977a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5977a8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5977a8 (#5977a8) is rgb(89, 119, 168) in RGB.

No, #5977a8 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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