#5b5793

Color #5b5793

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5793

RGB

rgb(91, 87, 147)

HSL

hsl(244, 25.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244, 40.8%, 57.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.1%, 40.8%, 0%, 42.4%)

LAB

lab(39.83, 16.9, -32.52)

LCH

lch(39.83, 36.65, 297.46)

OKLCH

oklch(48.8%, 0.0948, 285.36)

HWB

hwb(244, 34.1%, 42.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f9357

Analogous

#577193

#5b5793

#795793

Triadic

#5b5793

#935b57

#57935b

Split-complementary

#5b5793

#937957

#719357

Tetradic

#5b5793

#93578f

#8f9357

#57935b

Square

#5b5793

#935771

#8f9357

#579379

Shades

Color #5b5793 mixed toward black.

#4c497b

#3d3a62

#2e2c4a

#1e1d31

#0f0f19

Tints

Color #5b5793 mixed toward white.

#736fa9

#8f8bbb

#aba8cc

#c7c5dd

#e3e2ee

Tones

Color #5b5793 mixed toward gray.

#5f5c8e

#646189

#686684

#6c6b7f

#71707a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.23:1

White text reads better on this background (6.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595987 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#5a5a85 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#5b7d7b · ΔE 26.4

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 21

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5793;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5793]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b5793 (#5b5793) is rgb(91, 87, 147) in RGB.

No, #5b5793 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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