#5b4ebd

Color #5b4ebd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 5.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4ebd

RGB

rgb(91, 78, 189)

HSL

hsl(247, 45.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247, 58.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.9%, 58.7%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(40.16, 35.29, -56.93)

LCH

lch(40.16, 66.98, 301.79)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.1679, 283.82)

HWB

hwb(247, 30.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0bd4e

Analogous

#4e79bd

#5b4ebd

#934ebd

Triadic

#5b4ebd

#bd5b4e

#4ebd5b

Split-complementary

#5b4ebd

#bd934e

#79bd4e

Tetradic

#5b4ebd

#bd4eb0

#b0bd4e

#4ebd5b

Square

#5b4ebd

#bd4e79

#b0bd4e

#4ebd93

Shades

Color #5b4ebd mixed toward black.

#483ca2

#3a3082

#2b2461

#1d1841

#0e0c20

Tints

Color #5b4ebd mixed toward white.

#766cc8

#9289d3

#ada7de

#c8c4e9

#e4e2f4

Tones

Color #5b4ebd mixed toward gray.

#6257b4

#6961ab

#706aa1

#777398

#7f7c8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5656aa · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#5657a6 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#5a9a96 · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 26.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4ebd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4ebd]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b4ebd (#5b4ebd) is rgb(91, 78, 189) in RGB.

No, #5b4ebd 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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