#5a7bb3

Color #5a7bb3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.38 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5a7bb3

RGB

rgb(90, 123, 179)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 36.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 49.7%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 31.3%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(51.37, 4.16, -33.25)

LCH

lch(51.37, 33.51, 277.13)

OKLCH

oklch(58.2%, 0.0947, 260.58)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 35.3%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3925a

Analogous

#5aa7b3

#5a7bb3

#655ab3

Triadic

#5a7bb3

#b35a7b

#7bb35a

Split-complementary

#5a7bb3

#b3655a

#a7b35a

Tetradic

#5a7bb3

#925ab3

#b3925a

#7bb35a

Square

#5a7bb3

#b35aa7

#b3925a

#5ab365

Shades

Color #5a7bb3 mixed toward black.

#476599

#39517b

#2a3d5c

#1c283d

#0e141f

Tints

Color #5a7bb3 mixed toward white.

#7591c0

#91a7cc

#acbdd9

#c8d3e6

#e3e9f2

Tones

Color #5a7bb3 mixed toward gray.

#617dab

#697fa4

#70819d

#788395

#7f848e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aa8 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#6865a5 · ΔE 10.7

Tritanopia

#5c9e9c · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 19.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a7bb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a7bb3]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a7bb3 (#5a7bb3) is rgb(90, 123, 179) in RGB.

No, #5a7bb3 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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