#5a6ba9

Color #5a6ba9

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.35 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6ba9

RGB

rgb(90, 107, 169)

HSL

hsl(227.1, 31.5%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.1, 46.7%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 36.7%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(46.38, 10.78, -35.27)

LCH

lch(46.38, 36.88, 287)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0993, 271.15)

HWB

hwb(227.1, 35.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9985a

Analogous

#5a93a9

#5a6ba9

#715aa9

Triadic

#5a6ba9

#a95a6b

#6ba95a

Split-complementary

#5a6ba9

#a9715a

#93a95a

Tetradic

#5a6ba9

#985aa9

#a9985a

#6ba95a

Square

#5a6ba9

#a95a93

#a9985a

#5aa971

Shades

Color #5a6ba9 mixed toward black.

#4a598e

#3b4772

#2c3555

#1e2339

#0f121c

Tints

Color #5a6ba9 mixed toward white.

#7684b7

#919cc6

#adb5d4

#c8cee2

#e4e6f1

Tones

Color #5a6ba9 mixed toward gray.

#616fa2

#67739c

#6e7695

#747a8f

#7b7e88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.11:1

White text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62629d · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#615f9a · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#5b9290 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6ba9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6ba9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5a6ba9 (#5a6ba9) is rgb(90, 107, 169) in RGB.

No, #5a6ba9 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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