#5b44aa

Color #5b44aa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b44aa

RGB

rgb(91, 68, 170)

HSL

hsl(253.5, 42.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.5, 60%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.5%, 60%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(36.48, 35.54, -51.66)

LCH

lch(36.48, 62.7, 304.53)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.1563, 289.32)

HWB

hwb(253.5, 26.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#93aa44

Analogous

#4460aa

#5b44aa

#8e44aa

Triadic

#5b44aa

#aa5b44

#44aa5b

Split-complementary

#5b44aa

#aa8e44

#60aa44

Tetradic

#5b44aa

#aa4493

#93aa44

#44aa5b

Square

#5b44aa

#aa4460

#93aa44

#44aa8e

Shades

Color #5b44aa mixed toward black.

#4c398e

#3d2d71

#2d2255

#1e1739

#0f0b1c

Tints

Color #5b44aa mixed toward white.

#735dbe

#8f7ecb

#ab9ed8

#c7bee5

#e3dff2

Tones

Color #5b44aa mixed toward gray.

#604da2

#645599

#695e91

#6e6688

#726f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.85:1

White text reads better on this background (7.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525299 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#535595 · ΔE 7.7

Tritanopia

#5a8a86 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b44aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b44aa]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5b44aa (#5b44aa) is rgb(91, 68, 170) in RGB.

No, #5b44aa 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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