#5b7ab0

Color #5b7ab0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.28 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b7ab0

RGB

rgb(91, 122, 176)

HSL

hsl(218.1, 35%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.1, 48.3%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(51.01, 4.07, -32.08)

LCH

lch(51.01, 32.34, 277.23)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0911, 261.1)

HWB

hwb(218.1, 35.7%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0915b

Analogous

#5ba5b0

#5b7ab0

#675bb0

Triadic

#5b7ab0

#b05b7a

#7ab05b

Split-complementary

#5b7ab0

#b0675b

#a5b05b

Tetradic

#5b7ab0

#915bb0

#b0915b

#7ab05b

Square

#5b7ab0

#b05ba5

#b0915b

#5bb067

Shades

Color #5b7ab0 mixed toward black.

#486596

#3a5178

#2b3c5a

#1d283c

#0e141e

Tints

Color #5b7ab0 mixed toward white.

#7690bd

#92a6ca

#adbdd8

#c8d3e5

#e4e9f2

Tones

Color #5b7ab0 mixed toward gray.

#627ca9

#697ea2

#70809b

#778294

#7f848d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6aa5 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#6866a2 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#5d9c99 · ΔE 24.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b7ab0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b7ab0]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b7ab0 (#5b7ab0) is rgb(91, 122, 176) in RGB.

No, #5b7ab0 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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