#5b6578

Color #5b6578

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.73 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6578

RGB

rgb(91, 101, 120)

HSL

hsl(219.3, 13.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.3, 24.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(42.59, 0.74, -11.91)

LCH

lch(42.59, 11.93, 273.56)

OKLCH

oklch(50.5%, 0.0327, 263.33)

HWB

hwb(219.3, 35.7%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#786e5b

Analogous

#5b7478

#5b6578

#605b78

Triadic

#5b6578

#785b65

#65785b

Split-complementary

#5b6578

#78605b

#74785b

Tetradic

#5b6578

#6e5b78

#786e5b

#65785b

Square

#5b6578

#785b74

#786e5b

#5b7860

Shades

Color #5b6578 mixed toward black.

#4c5464

#3d4350

#2e333c

#1e2228

#0f1114

Tints

Color #5b6578 mixed toward white.

#717d94

#8e97a9

#aab1bf

#c6cbd4

#e3e5ea

Tones

Color #5b6578 mixed toward gray.

#5e6676

#606773

#626771

#65686e

#67696c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.58:1

White text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f6074 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#5f5e73 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#5c706f · ΔE 12.8

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 9.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6578;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6578]

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

#5b6578 (#5b6578) is rgb(91, 101, 120) in RGB.

No, #5b6578 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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