#5b7baf

Color #5b7baf

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b7baf

RGB

rgb(91, 123, 175)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 34.4%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 48%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(48%, 29.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(51.25, 3.17, -31.13)

LCH

lch(51.25, 31.29, 275.81)

OKLCH

oklch(58.1%, 0.0886, 259.79)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 35.7%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af8f5b

Analogous

#5ba5af

#5b7baf

#655baf

Triadic

#5b7baf

#af5b7b

#7baf5b

Split-complementary

#5b7baf

#af655b

#a5af5b

Tetradic

#5b7baf

#8f5baf

#af8f5b

#7baf5b

Square

#5b7baf

#af5ba5

#af8f5b

#5baf65

Shades

Color #5b7baf mixed toward black.

#496695

#3a5277

#2c3d59

#1d293c

#0f141e

Tints

Color #5b7baf mixed toward white.

#7691bc

#92a7ca

#adbdd7

#c8d3e4

#e4e9f2

Tones

Color #5b7baf mixed toward gray.

#627da8

#697ea1

#70809a

#778293

#7e838c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6ba4 · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#6866a2 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#5d9b99 · ΔE 23.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 18.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b7baf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b7baf]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#5b7baf (#5b7baf) is rgb(91, 123, 175) in RGB.

No, #5b7baf 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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