#5b78a8

Color #5b78a8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.02 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b78a8

RGB

rgb(91, 120, 168)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 30.7%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 45.8%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(50.08, 2.83, -28.9)

LCH

lch(50.08, 29.04, 275.59)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.082, 260.24)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 35.7%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a88b5b

Analogous

#5b9fa8

#5b78a8

#655ba8

Triadic

#5b78a8

#a85b78

#78a85b

Split-complementary

#5b78a8

#a8655b

#9fa85b

Tetradic

#5b78a8

#8b5ba8

#a88b5b

#78a85b

Square

#5b78a8

#a85b9f

#a88b5b

#5ba865

Shades

Color #5b78a8 mixed toward black.

#4b648d

#3c5071

#2d3c55

#1e2838

#0f141c

Tints

Color #5b78a8 mixed toward white.

#768fb7

#92a5c5

#adbcd4

#c8d2e2

#e4e9f1

Tones

Color #5b78a8 mixed toward gray.

#617aa2

#687b9b

#6e7d95

#757e8e

#7b8088

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69699e · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#67659c · ΔE 9.8

Tritanopia

#5d9694 · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b78a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b78a8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b78a8 (#5b78a8) is rgb(91, 120, 168) in RGB.

No, #5b78a8 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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