#5e79a7

Color #5e79a7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.42 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5e79a7

RGB

rgb(94, 121, 167)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 29.3%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 43.7%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.7%, 27.5%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(50.5, 2.73, -27.64)

LCH

lch(50.5, 27.77, 275.64)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.0781, 260.79)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 36.9%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a78c5e

Analogous

#5e9ea7

#5e79a7

#685ea7

Triadic

#5e79a7

#a75e79

#79a75e

Split-complementary

#5e79a7

#a7685e

#9ea75e

Tetradic

#5e79a7

#8c5ea7

#a78c5e

#79a75e

Square

#5e79a7

#a75e9e

#a78c5e

#5ea768

Shades

Color #5e79a7 mixed toward black.

#4d658d

#3e5071

#2e3c54

#1f2838

#0f141c

Tints

Color #5e79a7 mixed toward white.

#798fb6

#94a6c4

#afbcd3

#c9d2e2

#e4e9f0

Tones

Color #5e79a7 mixed toward gray.

#647ba1

#6a7c9b

#707e95

#767f8f

#7c8189

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b9d · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#69679b · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#609593 · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 17.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5e79a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5e79a7]

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

#5e79a7 (#5e79a7) is rgb(94, 121, 167) in RGB.

No, #5e79a7 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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