#5a87a7

Color #5a87a7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 10.88 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a87a7

RGB

rgb(90, 135, 167)

HSL

hsl(204.9, 30.4%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.9, 46.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(54.33, -6.5, -21.75)

LCH

lch(54.33, 22.7, 253.36)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.0694, 240.3)

HWB

hwb(204.9, 35.3%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a77a5a

Analogous

#5aa7a0

#5a87a7

#5a61a7

Triadic

#5a87a7

#a75a87

#87a75a

Split-complementary

#5a87a7

#a75a61

#a7a05a

Tetradic

#5a87a7

#7a5aa7

#a77a5a

#87a75a

Square

#5a87a7

#a05aa7

#a77a5a

#61a75a

Shades

Color #5a87a7 mixed toward black.

#4b718c

#3c5a70

#2d4454

#1e2d38

#0f171c

Tints

Color #5a87a7 mixed toward white.

#769bb6

#91afc4

#adc3d3

#c8d7e2

#e4ebf0

Tones

Color #5a87a7 mixed toward gray.

#6086a1

#67859a

#6d8494

#74838d

#7a8287

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7071a0 · ΔE 15.1

Deuteranopia

#6e6a9e · ΔE 16.8

Tritanopia

#5d9a99 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 15.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a87a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a87a7]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#5a87a7 (#5a87a7) is rgb(90, 135, 167) in RGB.

No, #5a87a7 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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