#617b8d

Color #617b8d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 4.37 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#617b8d

RGB

rgb(97, 123, 141)

HSL

hsl(204.5, 18.5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.5, 31.2%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(50.25, -4.86, -12.81)

LCH

lch(50.25, 13.7, 249.22)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0411, 238.63)

HWB

hwb(204.5, 38%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d7361

Analogous

#618d89

#617b8d

#61658d

Triadic

#617b8d

#8d617b

#7b8d61

Split-complementary

#617b8d

#8d6165

#8d8961

Tetradic

#617b8d

#73618d

#8d7361

#7b8d61

Square

#617b8d

#89618d

#8d7361

#658d61

Shades

Color #617b8d mixed toward black.

#516776

#41525e

#313e47

#20292f

#101518

Tints

Color #617b8d mixed toward white.

#7992a3

#94a7b5

#aebdc8

#c9d3da

#e4e9ed

Tones

Color #617b8d mixed toward gray.

#657a89

#687a86

#6c7982

#70787e

#73787b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d89 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6a88 · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#638685 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #617b8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#617b8d]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#617b8d (#617b8d) is rgb(97, 123, 141) in RGB.

No, #617b8d 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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