#5f6caa

Color #5f6caa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.96 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5f6caa

RGB

rgb(95, 108, 170)

HSL

hsl(229.6, 30.6%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.6, 44.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.1%, 36.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(47.05, 11.78, -34.78)

LCH

lch(47.05, 36.72, 288.71)

OKLCH

oklch(54.8%, 0.098, 273.74)

HWB

hwb(229.6, 37.3%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9d5f

Analogous

#5f92aa

#5f6caa

#785faa

Triadic

#5f6caa

#aa5f6c

#6caa5f

Split-complementary

#5f6caa

#aa785f

#92aa5f

Tetradic

#5f6caa

#9d5faa

#aa9d5f

#6caa5f

Square

#5f6caa

#aa5f92

#aa9d5f

#5faa78

Shades

Color #5f6caa mixed toward black.

#4d5890

#3d4773

#2e3557

#1f233a

#0f121d

Tints

Color #5f6caa mixed toward white.

#7a85b8

#949dc6

#afb6d5

#cacee3

#e4e7f1

Tones

Color #5f6caa mixed toward gray.

#6570a4

#6c749e

#727897

#787c91

#7e818b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.21:1

White text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65659e · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#64639b · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#609391 · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5f6caa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f6caa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#5f6caa (#5f6caa) is rgb(95, 108, 170) in RGB.

No, #5f6caa 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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