#5a6881

Color #5a6881

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.85 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6881

RGB

rgb(90, 104, 129)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 17.8%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 30.2%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(43.74, 0.96, -15.61)

LCH

lch(43.74, 15.64, 273.52)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0433, 261.91)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 35.3%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81735a

Analogous

#5a7b81

#5a6881

#5f5a81

Triadic

#5a6881

#815a68

#68815a

Split-complementary

#5a6881

#815f5a

#7b815a

Tetradic

#5a6881

#735a81

#81735a

#68815a

Square

#5a6881

#815a7b

#81735a

#5a815f

Shades

Color #5a6881 mixed toward black.

#4b576b

#3c4556

#2d3440

#1e232b

#0f1115

Tints

Color #5a6881 mixed toward white.

#70809b

#8d99af

#a9b3c3

#c6ccd7

#e2e6eb

Tones

Color #5a6881 mixed toward gray.

#5d697e

#606a7a

#646b77

#676c74

#6a6c71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.73:1

White text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#60607c · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#605e7a · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#5b7776 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6881;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6881]

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

#5a6881 (#5a6881) is rgb(90, 104, 129) in RGB.

No, #5a6881 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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