#5a557b

Color #5a557b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21.49 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a557b

RGB

rgb(90, 85, 123)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 18.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 30.9%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(38.02, 11.1, -20.74)

LCH

lch(38.02, 23.52, 298.16)

OKLCH

oklch(47%, 0.061, 289.83)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 33.3%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#767b55

Analogous

#55637b

#5a557b

#6d557b

Triadic

#5a557b

#7b5a55

#557b5a

Split-complementary

#5a557b

#7b6d55

#637b55

Tetradic

#5a557b

#7b5576

#767b55

#557b5a

Square

#5a557b

#7b5563

#767b55

#557b6d

Shades

Color #5a557b mixed toward black.

#4b4767

#3c3952

#2d2b3e

#1e1c29

#0f0e15

Tints

Color #5a557b mixed toward white.

#706a98

#8d88ad

#a9a6c1

#c6c3d6

#e2e1ea

Tones

Color #5a557b mixed toward gray.

#5c5878

#5f5b75

#615f72

#63626e

#66656b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585873 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#585971 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#5a6d6b · ΔE 22.3

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a557b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a557b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5a557b (#5a557b) is rgb(90, 85, 123) in RGB.

No, #5a557b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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