#5a6978

Color #5a6978

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6978

RGB

rgb(90, 105, 120)

HSL

hsl(210, 14.3%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 25%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 12.5%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(43.7, -2, -10.24)

LCH

lch(43.7, 10.43, 258.95)

OKLCH

oklch(51.4%, 0.03, 248.48)

HWB

hwb(210, 35.3%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#78695a

Analogous

#5a7878

#5a6978

#5a5a78

Triadic

#5a6978

#785a69

#69785a

Split-complementary

#5a6978

#785a5a

#78785a

Tetradic

#5a6978

#695a78

#78695a

#69785a

Square

#5a6978

#785a78

#78695a

#5a785a

Shades

Color #5a6978 mixed toward black.

#4b5864

#3c4650

#2d353c

#1e2328

#0f1214

Tints

Color #5a6978 mixed toward white.

#708294

#8d9ba9

#a9b4bf

#c6cdd4

#e2e6ea

Tones

Color #5a6978 mixed toward gray.

#5d6976

#5f6973

#626971

#64696e

#67696c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.73:1

White text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616175 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#605f74 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#5b7271 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 8.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6978;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6978]

Related colors

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#5a6978 (#5a6978) is rgb(90, 105, 120) in RGB.

No, #5a6978 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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