#5b5273

Color #5b5273

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.32 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5273

RGB

rgb(91, 82, 115)

HSL

hsl(256.4, 16.8%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(256.4, 28.7%, 45.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 54.9%)

LAB

lab(36.92, 11.23, -17.49)

LCH

lch(36.92, 20.78, 302.7)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.0538, 296.71)

HWB

hwb(256.4, 32.2%, 54.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a7352

Analogous

#525973

#5b5273

#6b5273

Triadic

#5b5273

#735b52

#52735b

Split-complementary

#5b5273

#736b52

#597352

Tetradic

#5b5273

#73526a

#6a7352

#52735b

Square

#5b5273

#735259

#6a7352

#52736b

Shades

Color #5b5273 mixed toward black.

#4c4460

#3d374d

#2d2939

#1e1b26

#0f0e13

Tints

Color #5b5273 mixed toward white.

#736891

#8f85a8

#aba4be

#c7c2d4

#e3e1e9

Tones

Color #5b5273 mixed toward gray.

#5c5570

#5d576d

#5f5a6b

#605d68

#616065

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#57576c · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#58586a · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#5b6665 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5273;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5273]

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

#5b5273 (#5b5273) is rgb(91, 82, 115) in RGB.

No, #5b5273 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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