#5f8aa3

Color #5f8aa3

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 8.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5f8aa3

RGB

rgb(95, 138, 163)

HSL

hsl(202.1, 27%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.1, 41.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(55.33, -8.02, -17.89)

LCH

lch(55.33, 19.61, 245.85)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0606, 234.61)

HWB

hwb(202.1, 37.3%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3785f

Analogous

#5fa39a

#5f8aa3

#5f68a3

Triadic

#5f8aa3

#a35f8a

#8aa35f

Split-complementary

#5f8aa3

#a35f68

#a39a5f

Tetradic

#5f8aa3

#785fa3

#a3785f

#8aa35f

Square

#5f8aa3

#9a5fa3

#a3785f

#68a35f

Shades

Color #5f8aa3 mixed toward black.

#4e7389

#3f5c6d

#2f4552

#1f2e37

#10171b

Tints

Color #5f8aa3 mixed toward white.

#7a9db2

#94b1c2

#afc4d1

#cad8e0

#e4ebf0

Tones

Color #5f8aa3 mixed toward gray.

#65889d

#6a8798

#708692

#76848c

#7b8387

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74749d · ΔE 17

Deuteranopia

#726e9c · ΔE 18.3

Tritanopia

#629998 · ΔE 13.2

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5f8aa3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5f8aa3]

Related colors

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Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#5f8aa3 (#5f8aa3) is rgb(95, 138, 163) in RGB.

No, #5f8aa3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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