#5b5d90

Color #5b5d90

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 20.15 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5d90

RGB

rgb(91, 93, 144)

HSL

hsl(237.7, 22.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.7, 36.8%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 35.4%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(41.32, 12.26, -28.37)

LCH

lch(41.32, 30.91, 293.37)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.0809, 281.34)

HWB

hwb(237.7, 35.7%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#908e5b

Analogous

#5b7890

#5b5d90

#745b90

Triadic

#5b5d90

#905b5d

#5d905b

Split-complementary

#5b5d90

#90745b

#78905b

Tetradic

#5b5d90

#8e5b90

#908e5b

#5d905b

Square

#5b5d90

#905b78

#908e5b

#5b9074

Shades

Color #5b5d90 mixed toward black.

#4c4e78

#3d3e60

#2d2f48

#1e1f30

#0f1018

Tints

Color #5b5d90 mixed toward white.

#7375a6

#8f90b8

#abacca

#c7c8dc

#e3e3ed

Tones

Color #5b5d90 mixed toward gray.

#5f618c

#646587

#686983

#6d6d7e

#71717a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c86 · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#5c5c83 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#5b7d7b · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5d90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5d90]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#5b5d90 (#5b5d90) is rgb(91, 93, 144) in RGB.

No, #5b5d90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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