#5a61ce

Color #5a61ce

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5a61ce

RGB

rgb(90, 97, 206)

HSL

hsl(236.4, 54.2%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.4, 56.3%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(45.88, 28.83, -57.54)

LCH

lch(45.88, 64.36, 296.61)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.1658, 276.61)

HWB

hwb(236.4, 35.3%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cec75a

Analogous

#5a9bce

#5a61ce

#8d5ace

Triadic

#5a61ce

#ce5a61

#61ce5a

Split-complementary

#5a61ce

#ce8d5a

#9bce5a

Tetradic

#5a61ce

#c75ace

#cec75a

#61ce5a

Square

#5a61ce

#ce5a9b

#cec75a

#5ace8d

Shades

Color #5a61ce mixed toward black.

#3840be

#2d3498

#222772

#171a4c

#0b0d26

Tints

Color #5a61ce mixed toward white.

#757bd6

#9196de

#acb0e6

#c8caef

#e3e5f7

Tones

Color #5a61ce mixed toward gray.

#6469c4

#6d72bb

#777ab1

#8183a7

#8a8b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.04:1

White text reads better on this background (5.2:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5dbb · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#5d5cb6 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#5aaaa6 · ΔE 36.5

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a61ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a61ce]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5a61ce (#5a61ce) is rgb(90, 97, 206) in RGB.

No, #5a61ce is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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