#5f6a9b

Color #5f6a9b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.92 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5f6a9b

RGB

rgb(95, 106, 155)

HSL

hsl(229, 24%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229, 38.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(45.78, 8.56, -27.94)

LCH

lch(45.78, 29.22, 287.03)

OKLCH

oklch(53.6%, 0.0782, 273.81)

HWB

hwb(229, 37.3%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b905f

Analogous

#5f889b

#5f6a9b

#725f9b

Triadic

#5f6a9b

#9b5f6a

#6a9b5f

Split-complementary

#5f6a9b

#9b725f

#889b5f

Tetradic

#5f6a9b

#905f9b

#9b905f

#6a9b5f

Square

#5f6a9b

#9b5f88

#9b905f

#5f9b72

Shades

Color #5f6a9b mixed toward black.

#4f5881

#3f4767

#2f354d

#202334

#10121a

Tints

Color #5f6a9b mixed toward white.

#7982ad

#939bbd

#aeb4ce

#c9cdde

#e4e6ef

Tones

Color #5f6a9b mixed toward gray.

#646d96

#697091

#6e738c

#737787

#787a82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.22:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646491 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#63628f · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#608987 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 18.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f6a9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f6a9b]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#5f6a9b (#5f6a9b) is rgb(95, 106, 155) in RGB.

No, #5f6a9b 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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