#5985b6

Color #5985b6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 3.97 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5985b6

RGB

rgb(89, 133, 182)

HSL

hsl(211.6, 38.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.6, 51.1%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(54.32, -1.07, -30.39)

LCH

lch(54.32, 30.41, 267.98)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0895, 251.97)

HWB

hwb(211.6, 34.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b68a59

Analogous

#59b3b6

#5985b6

#5b59b6

Triadic

#5985b6

#b65985

#85b659

Split-complementary

#5985b6

#b65b59

#b3b659

Tetradic

#5985b6

#8a59b6

#b68a59

#85b659

Square

#5985b6

#b659b3

#b68a59

#59b65b

Shades

Color #5985b6 mixed toward black.

#456e9d

#37587d

#29425e

#1c2c3f

#0e161f

Tints

Color #5985b6 mixed toward white.

#7599c2

#90aece

#acc2da

#c8d6e7

#e3ebf3

Tones

Color #5985b6 mixed toward gray.

#6185ae

#6886a6

#70869f

#788797

#80878f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fac · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6c69a9 · ΔE 13.9

Tritanopia

#5ca3a1 · ΔE 21.8

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5985b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5985b6]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5985b6 (#5985b6) is rgb(89, 133, 182) in RGB.

No, #5985b6 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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