#5b4bdb

Color #5b4bdb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 13.17 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4bdb

RGB

rgb(91, 75, 219)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 66.7%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 65.8%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.4%, 65.8%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(41.8, 46.34, -71.6)

LCH

lch(41.8, 85.29, 302.91)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.2101, 281.17)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 29.4%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbdb4b

Analogous

#4b83db

#5b4bdb

#a34bdb

Triadic

#5b4bdb

#db5b4b

#4bdb5b

Split-complementary

#5b4bdb

#dba34b

#83db4b

Tetradic

#5b4bdb

#db4bcb

#cbdb4b

#4bdb5b

Square

#5b4bdb

#db4b83

#cbdb4b

#4bdba3

Shades

Color #5b4bdb mixed toward black.

#3b29cc

#2f21a3

#23187a

#181052

#0c0829

Tints

Color #5b4bdb mixed toward white.

#7669e1

#9287e7

#ada5ed

#c8c3f3

#e4e1f9

Tones

Color #5b4bdb mixed toward gray.

#6457cf

#6e63c3

#776fb7

#807bab

#8a879f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5554c4 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#5557be · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#5ab0ab · ΔE 42.4

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4bdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4bdb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b4bdb (#5b4bdb) is rgb(91, 75, 219) in RGB.

No, #5b4bdb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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