#5b4bc5

Color #5b4bc5

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.49 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4bc5

RGB

rgb(91, 75, 197)

HSL

hsl(247.9, 51.3%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.9, 61.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.8%, 61.9%, 0%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(40.06, 39.56, -61.75)

LCH

lch(40.06, 73.34, 302.65)

OKLCH

oklch(50%, 0.1823, 283.58)

HWB

hwb(247.9, 29.4%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5c54b

Analogous

#4b78c5

#5b4bc5

#984bc5

Triadic

#5b4bc5

#c55b4b

#4bc55b

Split-complementary

#5b4bc5

#c5984b

#78c54b

Tetradic

#5b4bc5

#c54bb5

#b5c54b

#4bc55b

Square

#5b4bc5

#c54b78

#b5c54b

#4bc598

Shades

Color #5b4bc5 mixed toward black.

#4637ab

#382c89

#2a2167

#1c1645

#0e0b22

Tints

Color #5b4bc5 mixed toward white.

#7669cf

#9287d8

#ada5e2

#c8c3ec

#e4e1f5

Tones

Color #5b4bc5 mixed toward gray.

#6255bb

#6a5fb1

#7169a6

#79749c

#807e92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5554b1 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#5557ac · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#5a9f9b · ΔE 38.7

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 27.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4bc5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4bc5]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b4bc5 (#5b4bc5) is rgb(91, 75, 197) in RGB.

No, #5b4bc5 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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