#5d81ba

Color #5d81ba

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5d81ba

RGB

rgb(93, 129, 186)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 40.3%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 50%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 30.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(53.57, 3.48, -33.83)

LCH

lch(53.57, 34.01, 275.87)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.0967, 259.33)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 36.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba965d

Analogous

#5dafba

#5d81ba

#675dba

Triadic

#5d81ba

#ba5d81

#81ba5d

Split-complementary

#5d81ba

#ba675d

#afba5d

Tetradic

#5d81ba

#965dba

#ba965d

#81ba5d

Square

#5d81ba

#ba5daf

#ba965d

#5dba67

Shades

Color #5d81ba mixed toward black.

#456aa3

#385482

#2a3f62

#1c2a41

#0e1521

Tints

Color #5d81ba mixed toward white.

#7896c6

#93abd1

#aec0dd

#c9d5e8

#e4eaf4

Tones

Color #5d81ba mixed toward gray.

#6583b2

#6c84ab

#7486a3

#7c889b

#848a93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fae · ΔE 9.8

Deuteranopia

#6c69ab · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#5fa4a2 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5d81ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d81ba]

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

#5d81ba (#5d81ba) is rgb(93, 129, 186) in RGB.

No, #5d81ba 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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