#5d697c

Color #5d697c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5d697c

RGB

rgb(93, 105, 124)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 14.3%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 25%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(44.07, 0.04, -12.08)

LCH

lch(44.07, 12.08, 270.19)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0336, 259.53)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 36.5%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7c705d

Analogous

#5d787c

#5d697c

#605d7c

Triadic

#5d697c

#7c5d69

#697c5d

Split-complementary

#5d697c

#7c605d

#787c5d

Tetradic

#5d697c

#705d7c

#7c705d

#697c5d

Square

#5d697c

#7c5d78

#7c705d

#5d7c60

Shades

Color #5d697c mixed toward black.

#4d5767

#3e4653

#2e343e

#1f2329

#0f1115

Tints

Color #5d697c mixed toward white.

#738196

#8f9aab

#abb3c0

#c7cdd5

#e3e6ea

Tones

Color #5d697c mixed toward gray.

#5f6979

#626a77

#656b74

#676b72

#6a6c6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.78:1

White text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626378 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#626177 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#5e7473 · ΔE 12.6

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 9.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d697c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d697c]

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

#5d697c (#5d697c) is rgb(93, 105, 124) in RGB.

No, #5d697c 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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