#5a749d

Color #5a749d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a749d

RGB

rgb(90, 116, 157)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 27.1%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 42.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(48.38, 1.67, -25.11)

LCH

lch(48.38, 25.17, 273.8)

OKLCH

oklch(55.5%, 0.0711, 259.31)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 35.3%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d835a

Analogous

#5a959d

#5a749d

#615a9d

Triadic

#5a749d

#9d5a74

#749d5a

Split-complementary

#5a749d

#9d615a

#959d5a

Tetradic

#5a749d

#835a9d

#9d835a

#749d5a

Square

#5a749d

#9d5a95

#9d835a

#5a9d61

Shades

Color #5a749d mixed toward black.

#4b6183

#3c4d69

#2d3a4e

#1e2734

#0f131a

Tints

Color #5a749d mixed toward white.

#748baf

#90a2bf

#abb9cf

#c7d0df

#e3e8ef

Tones

Color #5a749d mixed toward gray.

#607597

#657692

#6b788c

#707987

#767a81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.42:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#666694 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#656392 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#5c8d8b · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a749d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a749d]

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

#5a749d (#5a749d) is rgb(90, 116, 157) in RGB.

No, #5a749d 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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