#5b586e

Color #5b586e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.4 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5b586e

RGB

rgb(91, 88, 110)

HSL

hsl(248.2, 11.1%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.2, 20%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 20%, 0%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(38.43, 6.21, -12.1)

LCH

lch(38.43, 13.6, 297.17)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.0354, 291.2)

HWB

hwb(248.2, 34.5%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6b6e58

Analogous

#58606e

#5b586e

#66586e

Triadic

#5b586e

#6e5b58

#586e5b

Split-complementary

#5b586e

#6e6658

#606e58

Tetradic

#5b586e

#6e586b

#6b6e58

#586e5b

Square

#5b586e

#6e5860

#6b6e58

#586e66

Shades

Color #5b586e mixed toward black.

#4c495c

#3d3b49

#2d2c37

#1e1d25

#0f0f12

Tints

Color #5b586e mixed toward white.

#736f8b

#8f8ba3

#aba8ba

#c7c5d1

#e3e2e8

Tones

Color #5b586e mixed toward gray.

#5c5a6c

#5e5c6a

#5f5d68

#605f67

#626165

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a69 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#5a5a68 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#5b6564 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b586e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b586e]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#5b586e (#5b586e) is rgb(91, 88, 110) in RGB.

No, #5b586e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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