#595978

Color #595978

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 17.79 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#595978

RGB

rgb(89, 89, 120)

HSL

hsl(240, 14.8%, 41%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(38.94, 7.45, -17.49)

LCH

lch(38.94, 19.01, 293.07)

OKLCH

oklch(47.6%, 0.0497, 284.32)

HWB

hwb(240, 34.9%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#787859

Analogous

#596978

#595978

#695978

Triadic

#595978

#785959

#597859

Split-complementary

#595978

#786959

#697859

Tetradic

#595978

#785978

#787859

#597859

Square

#595978

#785969

#787859

#597869

Shades

Color #595978 mixed toward black.

#4a4a64

#3b3b50

#2d2d3c

#1e1e28

#0f0f14

Tints

Color #595978 mixed toward white.

#6f6f94

#8c8caa

#a9a9bf

#c5c5d4

#e2e2ea

Tones

Color #595978 mixed toward gray.

#5c5c75

#5e5e73

#616170

#63636e

#66666b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.12:1

White text reads better on this background (6.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595971 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#595970 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#596c6b · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#5c5c5c · ΔE 14.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #595978;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#595978]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#595978 (#595978) is rgb(89, 89, 120) in RGB.

No, #595978 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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