#5b4b84

Color #5b4b84

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 14.59 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 11.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4b84

RGB

rgb(91, 75, 132)

HSL

hsl(256.8, 27.5%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.8, 43.2%, 51.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 43.2%, 0%, 48.2%)

LAB

lab(35.83, 20.2, -29.69)

LCH

lch(35.83, 35.91, 304.23)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.092, 295.42)

HWB

hwb(256.8, 29.4%, 48.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74844b

Analogous

#4b5884

#5b4b84

#774b84

Triadic

#5b4b84

#845b4b

#4b845b

Split-complementary

#5b4b84

#84774b

#58844b

Tetradic

#5b4b84

#844b74

#74844b

#4b845b

Square

#5b4b84

#844b58

#74844b

#4b8477

Shades

Color #5b4b84 mixed toward black.

#4c3f6e

#3d3258

#2e2642

#1e192c

#0f0d16

Tints

Color #5b4b84 mixed toward white.

#725ea3

#8e7eb6

#aa9ec8

#c6bfda

#e3dfed

Tones

Color #5b4b84 mixed toward gray.

#5d507f

#5f557b

#615976

#635e71

#65636c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555479 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#555776 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#5a706e · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4b84;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4b84]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#5b4b84 (#5b4b84) is rgb(91, 75, 132) in RGB.

No, #5b4b84 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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