#5848ad

Color #5848ad

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 10.17 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5848ad

RGB

rgb(88, 72, 173)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 41.2%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 58.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.1%, 58.4%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(37.35, 33.38, -52.06)

LCH

lch(37.35, 61.84, 302.67)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.1549, 286.12)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 28.2%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9dad48

Analogous

#486aad

#5848ad

#8a48ad

Triadic

#5848ad

#ad5848

#48ad58

Split-complementary

#5848ad

#ad8a48

#6aad48

Tetradic

#5848ad

#ad489d

#9dad48

#48ad58

Square

#5848ad

#ad486a

#9dad48

#48ad8a

Shades

Color #5848ad mixed toward black.

#493c90

#3b3073

#2c2456

#1d183a

#0f0c1d

Tints

Color #5848ad mixed toward white.

#7163be

#8e82cb

#aaa1d8

#c6c1e5

#e3e0f2

Tones

Color #5848ad mixed toward gray.

#5e50a4

#63599c

#696194

#6f6a8b

#757283

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.95:1

White text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52519c · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#525498 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#578d89 · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5848ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5848ad]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5848ad (#5848ad) is rgb(88, 72, 173) in RGB.

No, #5848ad 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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