#5b4e91

Color #5b4e91

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 10.26 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4e91

RGB

rgb(91, 78, 145)

HSL

hsl(251.6, 30%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.6, 46.2%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.2%, 46.2%, 0%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(37.33, 21.99, -35.26)

LCH

lch(37.33, 41.56, 301.95)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.1062, 290.62)

HWB

hwb(251.6, 30.6%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#84914e

Analogous

#4e6391

#5b4e91

#7c4e91

Triadic

#5b4e91

#915b4e

#4e915b

Split-complementary

#5b4e91

#917c4e

#63914e

Tetradic

#5b4e91

#914e84

#84914e

#4e915b

Square

#5b4e91

#914e63

#84914e

#4e917c

Shades

Color #5b4e91 mixed toward black.

#4c4179

#3d3461

#2d2748

#1e1a30

#0f0d18

Tints

Color #5b4e91 mixed toward white.

#7163ab

#8e83bc

#aaa2cd

#c6c1de

#e3e0ee

Tones

Color #5b4e91 mixed toward gray.

#5e548b

#625986

#655f80

#69647b

#6c6a75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.94:1

White text reads better on this background (7.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565685 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#565781 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#5a7a77 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4e91;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4e91]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#5b4e91 (#5b4e91) is rgb(91, 78, 145) in RGB.

No, #5b4e91 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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