#5a4be5

Color #5a4be5

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 16.52 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 4.1

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#5a4be5

RGB

rgb(90, 75, 229)

HSL

hsl(245.8, 74.8%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.8, 67.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.7%, 67.2%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(42.55, 49.26, -76.06)

LCH

lch(42.55, 90.62, 302.93)

OKLCH

oklch(52.6%, 0.2225, 279.86)

HWB

hwb(245.8, 29.4%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d6e54b

Analogous

#4b89e5

#5a4be5

#a74be5

Triadic

#5a4be5

#e55a4b

#4be55a

Split-complementary

#5a4be5

#e5a74b

#89e54b

Tetradic

#5a4be5

#e54bd6

#d6e54b

#4be55a

Square

#5a4be5

#e54b89

#d6e54b

#4be5a7

Shades

Color #5a4be5 mixed toward black.

#3220dd

#281ab1

#1e1385

#140d59

#0a062c

Tints

Color #5a4be5 mixed toward white.

#7569e9

#9187ee

#aca5f2

#c8c3f6

#e3e1fb

Tones

Color #5a4be5 mixed toward gray.

#6458d8

#6f65cb

#7971bf

#837eb2

#8e8ba5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5454cd · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#5556c7 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#59b7b2 · ΔE 43.7

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 29.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4be5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4be5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a4be5 (#5a4be5) is rgb(90, 75, 229) in RGB.

No, #5a4be5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #5a4be5, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast