#5a6f91

Color #5a6f91

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5a6f91

RGB

rgb(90, 111, 145)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 23.4%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 37.9%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(46.43, 1.18, -21.05)

LCH

lch(46.43, 21.08, 273.21)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.0592, 259.89)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 35.3%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#917c5a

Analogous

#5a8b91

#5a6f91

#615a91

Triadic

#5a6f91

#915a6f

#6f915a

Split-complementary

#5a6f91

#91615a

#8b915a

Tetradic

#5a6f91

#7c5a91

#917c5a

#6f915a

Square

#5a6f91

#915a8b

#917c5a

#5a9161

Shades

Color #5a6f91 mixed toward black.

#4b5d79

#3c4a61

#2d3849

#1e2530

#0f1318

Tints

Color #5a6f91 mixed toward white.

#7286a7

#8e9eb9

#aab6ca

#c6cfdc

#e3e7ed

Tones

Color #5a6f91 mixed toward gray.

#5f708c

#637188

#687283

#6c737f

#71747a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.12:1

White text reads better on this background (5.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64648a · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#636188 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#5b8482 · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a6f91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a6f91]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5a6f91 (#5a6f91) is rgb(90, 111, 145) in RGB.

No, #5a6f91 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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