#5a5c79

Color #5a5c79

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 16.49 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5c79

RGB

rgb(90, 92, 121)

HSL

hsl(236.1, 14.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.1, 25.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.6%, 24%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(39.93, 6.18, -16.58)

LCH

lch(39.93, 17.69, 290.44)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.0465, 281.41)

HWB

hwb(236.1, 35.3%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#79775a

Analogous

#5a6c79

#5a5c79

#685a79

Triadic

#5a5c79

#795a5c

#5c795a

Split-complementary

#5a5c79

#79685a

#6c795a

Tetradic

#5a5c79

#775a79

#79775a

#5c795a

Square

#5a5c79

#795a6c

#79775a

#5a7968

Shades

Color #5a5c79 mixed toward black.

#4b4d65

#3c3d51

#2d2e3d

#1e1f28

#0f0f14

Tints

Color #5a5c79 mixed toward white.

#707395

#8d8faa

#a9abbf

#c6c7d5

#e2e3ea

Tones

Color #5a5c79 mixed toward gray.

#5d5e77

#5f6174

#626371

#64656f

#67676c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.24:1

White text reads better on this background (6.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b73 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5b71 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#5a6e6c · ΔE 19

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 13.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5c79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5c79]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5a5c79 (#5a5c79) is rgb(90, 92, 121) in RGB.

No, #5a5c79 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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