#5b6a7f

Color #5b6a7f

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6a7f

RGB

rgb(91, 106, 127)

HSL

hsl(215, 16.5%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215, 28.3%, 49.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 50.2%)

LAB

lab(44.32, -0.45, -13.51)

LCH

lch(44.32, 13.52, 268.09)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.038, 256.77)

HWB

hwb(215, 35.7%, 50.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7f705b

Analogous

#5b7c7f

#5b6a7f

#5e5b7f

Triadic

#5b6a7f

#7f5b6a

#6a7f5b

Split-complementary

#5b6a7f

#7f5e5b

#7c7f5b

Tetradic

#5b6a7f

#705b7f

#7f705b

#6a7f5b

Square

#5b6a7f

#7f5b7c

#7f705b

#5b7f5e

Shades

Color #5b6a7f mixed toward black.

#4c586a

#3d4755

#2d353f

#1e232a

#0f1215

Tints

Color #5b6a7f mixed toward white.

#718299

#8e9bae

#aab4c2

#c6cdd6

#e3e6eb

Tones

Color #5b6a7f mixed toward gray.

#5e6a7c

#616b79

#646b76

#676c73

#6a6c70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62627a · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#616079 · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#5c7676 · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 10.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6a7f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6a7f]

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

#5b6a7f (#5b6a7f) is rgb(91, 106, 127) in RGB.

No, #5b6a7f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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