#5981c1

Color #5981c1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5981c1

RGB

rgb(89, 129, 193)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 45.6%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 53.9%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(53.68, 4.75, -37.67)

LCH

lch(53.68, 37.97, 277.19)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.108, 259.49)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 34.9%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c19959

Analogous

#59b5c1

#5981c1

#6559c1

Triadic

#5981c1

#c15981

#81c159

Split-complementary

#5981c1

#c16559

#b5c159

Tetradic

#5981c1

#9959c1

#c19959

#81c159

Square

#5981c1

#c159b5

#c19959

#59c165

Shades

Color #5981c1 mixed toward black.

#4069ab

#335489

#263f67

#1a2a44

#0d1522

Tints

Color #5981c1 mixed toward white.

#7596cb

#90abd6

#acc0e0

#c8d5ea

#e3eaf5

Tones

Color #5981c1 mixed toward gray.

#6283b8

#6a85b0

#7387a7

#7c899e

#848b96

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.33:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6db4 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#6a67b1 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#5ca9a7 · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 20.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5981c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5981c1]

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

#5981c1 (#5981c1) is rgb(89, 129, 193) in RGB.

No, #5981c1 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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