#5b6a7e

Color #5b6a7e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.99 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6a7e

RGB

rgb(91, 106, 126)

HSL

hsl(214.3, 16.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.3, 27.8%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(44.29, -0.71, -12.96)

LCH

lch(44.29, 12.98, 266.86)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0366, 255.62)

HWB

hwb(214.3, 35.7%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e6f5b

Analogous

#5b7b7e

#5b6a7e

#5d5b7e

Triadic

#5b6a7e

#7e5b6a

#6a7e5b

Split-complementary

#5b6a7e

#7e5d5b

#7b7e5b

Tetradic

#5b6a7e

#6f5b7e

#7e6f5b

#6a7e5b

Square

#5b6a7e

#7e5b7b

#7e6f5b

#5b7e5d

Shades

Color #5b6a7e mixed toward black.

#4c5869

#3d4754

#2d353f

#1e232a

#0f1215

Tints

Color #5b6a7e mixed toward white.

#718298

#8e9bad

#aab4c1

#c6cdd6

#e3e6ea

Tones

Color #5b6a7e mixed toward gray.

#5e6a7b

#616b78

#646b75

#676c72

#696c6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62627a · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#616078 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#5c7675 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6a7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6a7e]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b6a7e (#5b6a7e) is rgb(91, 106, 126) in RGB.

No, #5b6a7e 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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