#5e6da3

Color #5e6da3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.08 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5e6da3

RGB

rgb(94, 109, 163)

HSL

hsl(227, 27.3%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 42.3%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.3%, 33.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(46.92, 8.79, -30.88)

LCH

lch(46.92, 32.11, 285.89)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0865, 271.46)

HWB

hwb(227, 36.9%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3945e

Analogous

#5e8fa3

#5e6da3

#725ea3

Triadic

#5e6da3

#a35e6d

#6da35e

Split-complementary

#5e6da3

#a3725e

#8fa35e

Tetradic

#5e6da3

#945ea3

#a3945e

#6da35e

Square

#5e6da3

#a35e8f

#a3945e

#5ea372

Shades

Color #5e6da3 mixed toward black.

#4e5b88

#3e486d

#2f3652

#1f2437

#10121b

Tints

Color #5e6da3 mixed toward white.

#7985b2

#949ec2

#aeb6d1

#c9cee0

#e4e7f0

Tones

Color #5e6da3 mixed toward gray.

#64709d

#6a7398

#6f7792

#757a8c

#7b7d86

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.19:1

White text reads better on this background (5.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#656598 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#646395 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#5f8f8d · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5e6da3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e6da3]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5e6da3 (#5e6da3) is rgb(94, 109, 163) in RGB.

No, #5e6da3 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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