#5e6b81

Color #5e6b81

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 8.95 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6b81

RGB

rgb(94, 107, 129)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 15.7%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 27.1%, 50.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 49.4%)

LAB

lab(44.91, 0.46, -13.8)

LCH

lch(44.91, 13.81, 271.91)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0383, 260.98)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 36.9%, 49.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81745e

Analogous

#5e7c81

#5e6b81

#625e81

Triadic

#5e6b81

#815e6b

#6b815e

Split-complementary

#5e6b81

#81625e

#7c815e

Tetradic

#5e6b81

#745e81

#81745e

#6b815e

Square

#5e6b81

#815e7c

#81745e

#5e8162

Shades

Color #5e6b81 mixed toward black.

#4e596b

#3f4756

#2f3540

#1f242b

#101215

Tints

Color #5e6b81 mixed toward white.

#75839a

#909bae

#acb4c2

#c8cdd7

#e3e6eb

Tones

Color #5e6b81 mixed toward gray.

#616c7e

#646c7b

#676d78

#6a6e75

#6d6f72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#64647c · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#63627b · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#5f7877 · ΔE 14.2

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6b81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6b81]

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

#5e6b81 (#5e6b81) is rgb(94, 107, 129) in RGB.

No, #5e6b81 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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