#5b597d

Color #5b597d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 20.12 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#5b597d

RGB

rgb(91, 89, 125)

HSL

hsl(243.3, 16.8%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.3, 28.8%, 49%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.2%, 28.8%, 0%, 51%)

LAB

lab(39.33, 9.45, -19.95)

LCH

lch(39.33, 22.07, 295.35)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.0575, 286.58)

HWB

hwb(243.3, 34.9%, 51%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b7d59

Analogous

#59697d

#5b597d

#6d597d

Triadic

#5b597d

#7d5b59

#597d5b

Split-complementary

#5b597d

#7d6d59

#697d59

Tetradic

#5b597d

#7d597b

#7b7d59

#597d5b

Square

#5b597d

#7d5969

#7b7d59

#597d6d

Shades

Color #5b597d mixed toward black.

#4c4a68

#3d3b53

#2e2d3f

#1e1e2a

#0f0f15

Tints

Color #5b597d mixed toward white.

#716f98

#8e8cad

#aaa9c1

#c6c5d6

#e3e2ea

Tones

Color #5b597d mixed toward gray.

#5e5c7a

#605f77

#636274

#666571

#68686e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.17:1

White text reads better on this background (6.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a76 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#5a5a74 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#5b6f6e · ΔE 21.2

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 15.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b597d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b597d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b597d (#5b597d) is rgb(91, 89, 125) in RGB.

No, #5b597d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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