#5b6bb1

Color #5b6bb1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.63 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b6bb1

RGB

rgb(91, 107, 177)

HSL

hsl(228.8, 35.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228.8, 48.6%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 39.5%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(46.86, 13.53, -39.19)

LCH

lch(46.86, 41.46, 289.05)

OKLCH

oklch(54.7%, 0.1108, 272.53)

HWB

hwb(228.8, 35.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1a15b

Analogous

#5b96b1

#5b6bb1

#765bb1

Triadic

#5b6bb1

#b15b6b

#6bb15b

Split-complementary

#5b6bb1

#b1765b

#96b15b

Tetradic

#5b6bb1

#a15bb1

#b1a15b

#6bb15b

Square

#5b6bb1

#b15b96

#b1a15b

#5bb176

Shades

Color #5b6bb1 mixed toward black.

#485797

#3a4579

#2b345b

#1d233c

#0e111e

Tints

Color #5b6bb1 mixed toward white.

#7684be

#929ccb

#adb5d8

#c8cee5

#e4e6f2

Tones

Color #5b6bb1 mixed toward gray.

#626faa

#6974a3

#70789b

#787d94

#7f818d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6262a4 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#6160a0 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#5c9895 · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b6bb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b6bb1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5b6bb1 (#5b6bb1) is rgb(91, 107, 177) in RGB.

No, #5b6bb1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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