#5b72c4

Color #5b72c4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.03 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b72c4

RGB

rgb(91, 114, 196)

HSL

hsl(226.9, 47.1%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.9, 53.6%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.6%, 41.8%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(49.79, 15.26, -45.53)

LCH

lch(49.79, 48.02, 288.53)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.1292, 270.13)

HWB

hwb(226.9, 35.7%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4ad5b

Analogous

#5ba6c4

#5b72c4

#795bc4

Triadic

#5b72c4

#c45b72

#72c45b

Split-complementary

#5b72c4

#c4795b

#a6c45b

Tetradic

#5b72c4

#ad5bc4

#c4ad5b

#72c45b

Square

#5b72c4

#c45ba6

#c4ad5b

#5bc479

Shades

Color #5b72c4 mixed toward black.

#3f58b0

#33468d

#26356a

#192346

#0d1223

Tints

Color #5b72c4 mixed toward white.

#7689ce

#92a1d8

#adb8e2

#c8d0eb

#e4e7f5

Tones

Color #5b72c4 mixed toward gray.

#6477bb

#6d7cb3

#7581aa

#7e86a1

#878b98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666b4 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#6463b0 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#5ca7a4 · ΔE 30.8

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b72c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b72c4]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b72c4 (#5b72c4) is rgb(91, 114, 196) in RGB.

No, #5b72c4 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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