Dusky Yale Blue
Dusky Yale Blue (#5A6E96) is a mid-tone, muted gray with a neutral feel (HSL 220°, 25%, 47%). It suits modern business cards, monochrome weddings and professional stationery. Pair it with Dusky Old Lavender or the harmonies below, and check the contrast table before using it for small text.
- HEX
#5A6E96 - RGB
rgb(90, 110, 150) - HSL
hsl(220, 25%, 47%) - CMYK
40, 27, 0, 41
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker steps of Dusky Yale Blue, 10% apart. Click a swatch to copy its code.
Tints (towards white)
Shades (towards black)
Color harmonies
Palettes built from Dusky Yale Blue with colour-wheel rules. Use them for invitation suites, brand kits and web layouts.
Complementary#5A6E96 #96825A
Analogous#5A8C96 #5A6E96 #645A96
Triadic#5A6E96 #965A6E #6E965A
Split complementary#5A6E96 #96645A #8C965A
Tetradic#5A6E96 #965A8C #96825A #5A9664
Monochrome#B5BED0 #8392B0 #5A6E96 #445270 #2D374B
Contrast and accessibility
WCAG 2.1: 4.5:1 or more passes AA for normal text, 3:1 for large text, 7:1 passes AAA.
Designs in Dusky Yale Blue
Print designs from our catalogue whose colour variant is closest to #5A6E96. Each one is personalized and printed to order.
Build a wedding palette with Dusky Yale Blue · Use it in a brand kit
CSS and code
--dusky-yale-blue: #5a6e96;
color: #5a6e96;
background-color: #5a6e96;
/* rgb(90, 110, 150) · hsl(220, 25%, 47%) */Machine-readable: /data/colors.json