#5a6e85

Color #5a6e85

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.5 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6e85

RGB

rgb(90, 110, 133)

HSL

hsl(212.1, 19.3%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212.1, 32.3%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(45.66, -1.56, -15.08)

LCH

lch(45.66, 15.16, 264.09)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0435, 252.19)

HWB

hwb(212.1, 35.3%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#85715a

Analogous

#5a8385

#5a6e85

#5b5a85

Triadic

#5a6e85

#855a6e

#6e855a

Split-complementary

#5a6e85

#855b5a

#83855a

Tetradic

#5a6e85

#715a85

#85715a

#6e855a

Square

#5a6e85

#855a83

#85715a

#5a855b

Shades

Color #5a6e85 mixed toward black.

#4b5c6f

#3c4959

#2d3742

#1e252c

#0f1216

Tints

Color #5a6e85 mixed toward white.

#70869e

#8d9eb2

#a9b6c5

#c6ced8

#e2e7ec

Tones

Color #5a6e85 mixed toward gray.

#5e6e81

#616e7e

#656f7a

#686f77

#6c6f73

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4:1

White text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#636380 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#62617f · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#5b7c7b · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 11.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6e85;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6e85]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5a6e85 (#5a6e85) is rgb(90, 110, 133) in RGB.

No, #5a6e85 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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