#5a4ec9

Color #5a4ec9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.11 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a4ec9

RGB

rgb(90, 78, 201)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 53.2%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 61.2%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.2%, 61.2%, 0%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(40.96, 38.83, -62.62)

LCH

lch(40.96, 73.68, 301.8)

OKLCH

oklch(50.7%, 0.1837, 282.03)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 30.6%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bdc94e

Analogous

#4e7fc9

#5a4ec9

#984ec9

Triadic

#5a4ec9

#c95a4e

#4ec95a

Split-complementary

#5a4ec9

#c9984e

#7fc94e

Tetradic

#5a4ec9

#c94ebd

#bdc94e

#4ec95a

Square

#5a4ec9

#c94e7f

#bdc94e

#4ec998

Shades

Color #5a4ec9 mixed toward black.

#4336b2

#352c8e

#28216b

#1b1647

#0d0b24

Tints

Color #5a4ec9 mixed toward white.

#766cd2

#9189db

#ada7e4

#c8c4ed

#e4e2f6

Tones

Color #5a4ec9 mixed toward gray.

#6258bf

#6b63b4

#736daa

#7b77a0

#838196

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.37:1

White text reads better on this background (6.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5555b5 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#5657b0 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#59a39e · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4ec9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4ec9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a4ec9 (#5a4ec9) is rgb(90, 78, 201) in RGB.

No, #5a4ec9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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